Nutrition & Diabetes is a peer-reviewed, open access online journal publishing clinical, metabolic, genetic and epidemiological studies that describe methodologies, mechanisms, and associations in relation to diabetes and nutrition-related diseases. The journal will also publish papers concerned with the benefits of nutrition and lifestyle interventions and therapeutic trials in diabetes or related diseases for both clinical disease management and health promotion.

Nutrition & Diabetes brings to the fore outstanding research that is novel and of interest to researchers, clinicians, epidemiologists, psychologists, diabetes educators, and other health professionals working in these fields.

Contributions of broad biological interest and impact are especially encouraged. Topics of particular interest within the journal's scope include those listed below:

Basic science

    molecular biology of adipose tissue, muscle and liver
    molecular basis of macronutrient metabolism and inflammation
    genetics - tissue gene expression; genotypes, SNPs and phenotypic variability
    epigenetics

Experimental medicine

    food intake regulation
    fat, carbohydrate and energy metabolism
    body composition with focus on the assessment of individual fat depots and ectopic fat
    animal models of overweight and nutrition-related diseases

Metabolic Syndrome

    aetiological factors
    ethnic differences
    relationship with disease outcomes
    novel therapies

Dietary interventions

    reduction of cardiovascular disease risk factors
    reduction in overweight and its metabolic sequelae
    randomised controlled trials of dietary/lifestyle interventions in diabetes
    randomised, controlled trials of major dietary intervention studies e.g. fruit and vegetable/whole grains, Mediterranean diet studies on health risks
    use of functional food in prevention and treatment of NCDs
    personalized nutrition

Epidemiology

    prospective cohort studies of links between nutrition and lifestyle on NCDs
    population studies of associations between nutritional factors and NCDs, with particular emphasis on regional/international variations
    longitudinal studies addressing critical life periods and their long-term effect on NCDs

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar
Former president of The Obesity Society (2014-2015), current professor and chair of Nutritional Sciences at Texas Tech University, Nikhil Dhurandhar has over 20 years of experience as a physician and nutritional biochemist. Having published over 100 scientific articles and book chapters, Nikhil has had a prolific research career - coining the term "Infectobesity" to describe obesity of infectious origin. His research team was the first to identify adipogenic effects of an avian adenovirus (SMAM-1) and a human adenovirus (Ad36) that cause obesity in animals including rodents and monkeys, and are associated with humans and non-human primates. His team has also recently identified a novel adenoviral protein that potentially could be exploited for its anti-diabetic properties. 
Associate Editors
Angelo Avogaro, PhD
AA Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
Department of Medicine
University of Padova, Italy
 
 
Leah Whigham, PhD, FTOS
Executive Director, Paso del Norte Institute for Healthy Living
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Texas at El Paso
 
 
 
Founding Editor-in-Chief: Richard Atkinson
Richard Atkinson is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Adjunct Professor of Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, University of Karachi, Pakistan; Visiting Professor of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Director of the Obetech Obesity Research Center, Richmond, VA; and President of Obetech, LLC. He is Editor of the International Journal of Obesity; Regional Vice-President of The Obesity Society; Board of Directors Member, World Obesity Federation; Past President of the American Obesity Association, the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (now TOS), and the American Society for Clinical Nutrition. He is interested in obesity policy and has advocated for young investigator programs nationally and internationally.