Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Diet

Diet refers to the total pattern of foods and beverages habitually consumed by an individual or population, and the deliberate modification of that intake to support health, manage body weight, or treat disease. Dietary quality is judged by the balance and adequacy of macronutrients and micronutrients, energy densit…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 101× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-450X 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Diet refers to the total pattern of foods and beverages habitually consumed by an individual or population, and the deliberate modification of that intake to support health, manage body weight, or treat disease. Dietary quality is judged by the balance and adequacy of macronutrients and micronutrients, energy density, and the inclusion of protective components such as fibre, alongside dietary patterns whose overall composition, rather than single nutrients, shapes long-term health. Therapeutic and preventive diets target conditions ranging from obesity and cardiometabolic disease to food-related symptoms, while population dietary guidance addresses chronic-disease risk. Research in this area examines high-protein supplementation and fat mass in obese adolescents, the effects of fennel, alone and combined with atorvastatin, in obesity models, and the gluten- and casein-free diet in autism spectrum disorders. Studies of established dietary patterns include the cultural dimensions of the Mediterranean diet and gender differences in adherence and atrial-fibrillation risk, the efficacy of a hypocaloric Mediterranean diet in overweight patients, and the effect of a controlled diet on cellulite. Further work addresses high-fat, high-protein diets and skeletal-muscle hypertrophy, a gluten-free diet in fibromyalgia, and the influence of the gut microbiota on optimal diet. The journal publishes peer-reviewed nutrition and dietary research.

Research published in this journal

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

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 101 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Obesity Management (ISSN 2574-450X).

Journal editorial board
Amit Surve · United States Paola Aceto · Italy Joseph Fomusi Ndisang · Canada

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