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Healthy Diet

A healthy diet is a pattern of food intake that supplies adequate energy and the full complement of nutrients in appropriate balance to support normal physiological function, growth, and maintenance while reducing the risk of diet-related chronic disease. It is characterized by a predominance of vegetables, fruits, …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 221× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835

Overview

A healthy diet is a pattern of food intake that supplies adequate energy and the full complement of nutrients in appropriate balance to support normal physiological function, growth, and maintenance while reducing the risk of diet-related chronic disease. It is characterized by a predominance of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, and other nutrient-dense foods, adequate but moderate protein, beneficial fats, and limited intake of free sugars, refined starches, sodium, and energy-dense, nutrient-poor products. Dietary guidance translates these principles into food-based recommendations and graphical tools, and the concept is operationalized through indices of diet quality and adherence to recognized patterns such as the Mediterranean diet. Peer-reviewed research in this area examines the principles of balanced diets and food guides, nutrition education to improve body mass index and diet quality in schoolchildren, functional foods, adherence to the Mediterranean diet and its association with disease risk, body composition and nutritional status across the life span, dietary diversity among pregnant women, and comparative dietary education across countries. Studies employ pilot and intervention trials, cross-sectional surveys, and comparative analysis across diverse populations. This work connects dietary pattern and quality to nutritional status and chronic-disease risk. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research in nutrition addressing dietary patterns, diet quality, and their relationship to health.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Functional Food

Monica ButnariuCorresponding author
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 109 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2615
2019

Culture and Mediterranean Diet

López M.T IglesiasCorresponding author
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Spain
International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 12 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-18-2272

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 221 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Healthy Diet, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Christopher Ochner · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Angel Catala · Argentina

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