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Nutrition and Public Health

Nutrition and public health examines how dietary patterns, nutrient intake, and food-related behaviors affect the health of populations, particularly vulnerable groups, and how interventions can improve nutritional outcomes at the community level. Research published in the International Journal of Nutrition addresse…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 161× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835

Overview

Nutrition and public health examines how dietary patterns, nutrient intake, and food-related behaviors affect the health of populations, particularly vulnerable groups, and how interventions can improve nutritional outcomes at the community level. Research published in the International Journal of Nutrition addresses critical aspects of this field across diverse populations and settings. Studies have investigated micronutrient deficiencies in children, including vitamin A deficiency among rural preschoolers in South India and the relationship between household economic status and micronutrient deficiency in Indian children. The journal has published work on maternal and child nutrition, exploring beliefs about exclusive breastfeeding among low-income women in South Korea and assessing nutritional status and health outcomes of women and children in Bangladesh. Additional research has examined nutritional challenges across the lifespan, from body composition and nutritional status in Brazilian nonagenarians to diet and nutritional status of older adults in rural India. The journal also features studies on nutrition education interventions, barriers to healthy eating among low-income families, and novel dietary assessment methods. This body of work underscores the importance of understanding how socioeconomic factors, cultural beliefs, and targeted interventions shape nutritional health across different populations and age groups.

Research published in this journal

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

2019

Functional Food

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

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 161 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 Nutrition and Public Health, 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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