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Health and Nutrition Science

Health and nutrition science is the interdisciplinary study of how diet and nutrients influence human health, encompassing the prevention and management of chronic disease, the assessment of nutritional status, and the role of nutrition across the life course. It draws on physiology, biochemistry, epidemiology, and …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 151× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Health and nutrition science is the interdisciplinary study of how diet and nutrients influence human health, encompassing the prevention and management of chronic disease, the assessment of nutritional status, and the role of nutrition across the life course. It draws on physiology, biochemistry, epidemiology, and the social sciences to understand how dietary patterns, food composition, and the gut microbiota affect outcomes such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, and how nutritional knowledge and behaviour shape intake. Research in this area examines the nutritional status and related knowledge of adolescent girls and reproductive-age women, the role of functional foods, and the relationship between nutrition and the microbiota. Studies also consider the evolution of vegetarian nutrition as a field of inquiry, epigenetic interactions between nutrition and gene expression, and culturally tailored nutrition and lifestyle interventions to reduce cardio-metabolic risk. Further work addresses dietary diversity and nutritional status in pregnancy, maternal and coastal nutrition, and high-fat dietary approaches in relation to body composition and brain health. By integrating the science of nutrients and diet with the assessment of nutritional status and health outcomes, health-and-nutrition science informs dietary guidance, education, and interventions aimed at promoting well-being, preventing diet-related disease, and improving nutrition across diverse populations and stages of life.

Research published in this journal

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

2019

Functional Food

Butnariu MonicaCorresponding author
Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timisoara, Timis, Romania
International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 95 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-2615
2015

Epigenetics and Nutrition

Lundstrom KennethCorresponding author
PanTherapeuitcs, Rue des Remparts 4, CH1095 Lutry, Switzerland
International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-603
2015

Vegetarianism in Food-Based Dietary Guidelines

Baroni LucianaCorresponding author
Primary Care Unit, Northern District, AULSS 9, via Manin 46, I-31046, Oderzo, Treviso, Italy
International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 28 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-588

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 151 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 Health and Nutrition Science, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

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

Journal editorial board
Kadri Koppel · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Luigia Pazzagli · Italy

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