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Diet, Food, and Nutrition

Diet, food, and nutrition refer to the foods and beverages a person habitually consumes, the substances those foods contain, and the way the body uses nutrients to support growth, energy, and health. Diet describes the overall pattern of eating; food is the material consumed; and nutrition is the process and science…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 172× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Diet, food, and nutrition refer to the foods and beverages a person habitually consumes, the substances those foods contain, and the way the body uses nutrients to support growth, energy, and health. Diet describes the overall pattern of eating; food is the material consumed; and nutrition is the process and science of how nutrients are obtained and used, together shaping risk for disease and the maintenance of well-being across the life course. Adequate and balanced intake is central to preventing undernutrition and deficiency as well as diet-related chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Research published in the International Journal of Nutrition has examined many facets of this field, including the nutritional status of women of reproductive age, dietary diversity among adolescent pregnant women and among people with diabetes and hypertension, and risk factors for stunted growth in children. Further work has addressed nutrition education and diet quality in schoolchildren, culturally tailored nutrition and lifestyle interventions to reduce cardio-metabolic risk, the role of the gut microbiota in diet and health, functional foods, epigenetics and nutrition, and the cultural dimensions of the Mediterranean diet. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to diet, food, and nutrition and their links to health and disease.

Research published in this journal

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

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
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
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 172 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, Food, and Nutrition, 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

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.