Food and Public Health

Lead Editor (s)   : Assaf A. Abdelghani, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, USA.

Short Description: Food has been given a very significant place in our lives because it is our primary requirement. Conducting scientific research to educating about health, people in the field of public health work to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy. Public health sets safety standards to protect workers & develops school nutrition programs to ensure kids have access to healthy food.

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of the significance of food and public health. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Micronutrient, Trace element deficiencies, Risk assessment, Food safety, Quality control, Food analysis, Food regulation etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: February 25, 2022
Manuscript submission deadline: March 10, 2022
Revision Due:March 20, 2022
Release of special issue: March 20, 2022

Nutrition & Lifestyle in Disease Prevention

Short Description: Nutrition & Metabolism focuses on the integration of nutrition, exercise physiology, clinical investigations, and molecular and cellular biochemistry of metabolism.

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of unique and explicit focus on nutrition and metabolism. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Metabolic effects of diet composition, Interactions of macronutrients, Effect of nutrients on gene expression, Metabolic control and compartment models, Nutritional effect of hormones, Genomic analysis of dietary phenomena etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Nutrigenetics

Lead Editor (s) : Marie-Claude Vohl, Laval University, Canada

Short Description: Nutrigenetics is a branch of nutritional genomics which aims to identify genetic susceptibility to diseases and genetic variation in the effects of nutrient intake on the genome.

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of nutrigenetic and its aims to offer people personalized disease prevention advice based on genetic makeup. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Nutrigenetics; Nutrigenomics; Gene expression; Genetic variants; Personalized nutrition; Nuclear receptor; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Genetic polymorphisms; Genome health; Micronutrients; DNA Damage etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Dietary patterns and health risks

Lead Editor (s) : Shun-Wan Chan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Guest Editor(s) : Sherif Sabry, Menoufia University, Egypt

Short Description: In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. Dietary habits are the habitual decisions an individual or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat.

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding involved with the evaluation of the health risks related to imbalanced dietary patterns. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Dietary pattern, Obesity, Hypertension, Metabolic syndrome, Older adults, Diabetes, Meta-analysis, Diet pattern, Low income, Cardiovascular risk markers, Fast food etc.,

Dairy & Poultry Science

Editor(s): Zhengfang Wang, U.S. FDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, USA

Short Description: Poultry, including meat and eggs, is a major agricultural commodity in the world. Poultry is also involved in basic biological research on genetics, biochemistry and diseases

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of the cutting edge research on all aspects of poultry science. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Breeding, Genetics, Education, Production, Management, Environment, Health, Behavior, Welfare, Immunology, Molecular biology, Metabolism, Nutrition, Physiology, Reproduction, Processing, Products etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Food and Agricultural Engineering

Guest Editor (s) : Jen-Yi Huang, Purdue University,USA

Short Description: Food & Agricultural Engineering, basically involves the R&D of new foods, manufacturing, packaging and distributing food products, design and installation of the production process among several other responsibilities.

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of infusing the knowledge of engineering and technology in the field of food and agriculture. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Post-Harvest Technology, Dairy and Food Engineering, Farm Machinery and Power Workshop, Aqua-Cultural Engineering etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Food Quality, Safety and Regulation

Guest Editor (s) : Yitien Chen, Florida State University, USA
                              Yu (Yvette) Zhang,Texas A&M University, USA.

Short Description: Food safety is a scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. This includes a number of routines that should be followed to avoid potentially severe health hazards.

WHO and FAO published the Codex Alimentarius which serves as a guideline to food safety

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of implementing and monitoring quality assurance measures along the entire food chain. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to)  Food quality, Food safety, Self-regulation, Food export, Food Security etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Nutrition education – theories and application of technology

Lead Editor   : Mindy Haar, New York Institute of Technology, USA
Guest Editor : Ingrid K Adams, University of Kentucky, USA

Short Description: Nutrition Education is any combination of educational strategies, accompanied by environmental supports, designed to facilitate voluntary adoption of food choices and other food- and nutrition-related behaviors conducive to health and well-being. Nutrition education is delivered through multiple venues and involves activities at the individual, community, and policy levels.

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of the emerging issues and practices relevant to nutrition education and behavior worldwide. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Nutrition and health education, Behavior change, Curriculum development, Learner-centered, Dietary intake etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Technological Innovations For Designing Value Added Foods

Lead Editor (s)   : Danyang Ying, CSIRO - Animal, Food & Health Sciences, Australia
Lead Editor (s)   : Dorin Gupta, University of Melbourne, Australia
Guest Editor (s) : S. Sarkar, Metro Dairy Limited, India

Short Description: Value-Added is the process of taking a raw commodity and changing its form to produce a high quaility end product. Value-Added is defined as the addition of time, place, and/or form utility to a commodity in order to meet the tastes/preferences of consumers.

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of the various and novel techniques involved for desigining of value added foods. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Competition strategy, Product portfolio, Re-innovation, Super generics, Technology platforms, Microencapsulation, Cultured Milk Products, Probiotics, Prebiotics, Bioactives, Functional foods, Computer modelling etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Food Processing & Preservation

Lead Editor (s)   : Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, South Dakota State University, USA
Guest Editor (s) : Lin Wei, South Dakota State University, USA
Guest Editor (s) : Zhengrong Gu, South Dakota State University, USA

Short Description: Food processing is the transformation of raw ingredients, by physical or chemical means into food, or of food into other forms.

Food preservation usually involves preventing the growth of bacteria, fungi or other micro-organisms, as well as retarding the oxidation of fats that cause rancidity. Food preservation may also include processes that inhibit visual deterioration, such as the enzymatic browning reaction in apples after they are cut during food preparation.

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of the current economic and regulatory policies and their effects on the safe and quality processing and preservation of a wide array of foods. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Food processing, Food preservation, Nutrition, Food chemistry etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Lactic acid bacteria, Probiotics and Nutrition

Lead Editor (s) : Ismet Ozturk, Erciyes University, Turkey

Short Description: Probiotics are microorganisms that provide health benefits when consumed. The term probiotic is currently used to name ingested microorganisms associated with beneficial effects to humans and other animals.
Aims &Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding on the significance of Lactic acid bacteria and beneficial effects of probiotic foods on nutrition. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: : (Including and not limited to) Fermented sausages, Lactic acid bacteria, Lactobacillus, RAPD-PCR, Probiotics etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Resource efficient technologies and production systems (water, energy, byproducts)

Editor(s): Rajinikanth Rajagopal,Dairy and Swine research and development Centre - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada

Short Description: Resource efficient technologies is an integrated methodology for converting metallurgical by-products/energy into high added value products, through an essentially zero-waste process.

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of the various technologies available to make the resources efficient for future. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Renewable energy technologies, Waste treatment systems, Integrated waste-resource management and sustainability, Industrial by-products, Bauxite residues, Red mud, Slag, Pyrometallurgy, Mineral wool, Exergy efficiency etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Food Science and Phytochemistry

Lead Editor : Yousif Abd El-Aziz Elhassaneen,Dean Faculty of Home Economics, Egypt

Short Description: Food Science is a discipline in which the engineering, biological, and physical sciences are used to study the nature of foods, the causes of deterioration, the principles underlying food processing, and the improvement of foods for the consuming public.

Phytochemistry are chemicals derived from plants and are often used to describe the large number of secondary metabolic compounds found in plants.

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of the aspects of pure and applied plant biochemistry, especially that which leads to a deeper understanding of the factors underlying the growth, development and metabolism of plants and the chemistry of plant constituents. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Chemistry, Bioactive Products, Metabolism, Ecological Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, Chemotaxonomy, Phytochemistry, Natural product, Herbal, Plant biochemistry, Plant extract, Plant product, Analytical methods, Chromatography, High performance liquid chromatography, Flavonoids, Solid phase extraction, Phenolic etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Food Adulteration

Lead Editor : Nela Nedic Tiban, Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, Croatia

Short Description: FFood Adulteration is the process where the food is impure, unsafe, or unwholesome. "Adulteration" is a legal term meaning that a food product fails to meet federal or state standards. Adulteration usually refers to noncompliance with health or safety standards as determined.

Aims & Scope: : In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of the Food Adulteration, its causes and effects, and the ways to cure it. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Food control; Food fraud; Food adulteration; Food quality control; Adulteration detection; Food detection; Food authenticity; External validation; Mass spectrometry etc.;

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Food and Health-I

Lead Editor (s)   : Barakat Mahmoud, Mississippi State University, USA
Guest Editor (s) : Daniel M. Anang, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Short Description: Food has been given a very significant place in our lives because it is our primary requirement. It is our basic need because it is the source of mental and physical energy. The food that we eat, not only effects our body and the efficiency of our mind, but directly affects our nature and habits. The Knowledge of a balanced diet is therefore indispensable to "Good health".

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of the significance of food and health. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Micronutrient, Trace element deficiencies, Risk assessment, Food safety, Quality control, Food analysis, Food regulation etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018

Food and Health-II

Food consumption behaviors in relation to chronic diseases

Lead Editor  : Sonia A. Socaci, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Guest Editor : Ramona Suharoschi, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Guest Editor : Laura Stan, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Short Description: Chronic diseases, often referred to as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), usually emerge in middle age after long exposure to an unhealthy lifestyle involving tobacco use, a lack of regular physical activity, and consumption of diets rich in highly saturated fats, sugars, and salt, typified by "fast foods."

Aims & Scope: In this special issue the editor asks the responsible authors to review the latest understanding of the burden of chronic diseases, reflecting the cumulative effect of unhealthy lifestyles and the resulting risk factors over the life span of people. This special issue would like to provide a platform wherein your contributions to the specified theme are accepted and discussions are made with regard to the scientific progress made in the respective theme. This special issue includes original article, short communication, mini-review and review articles.

Keywords: (Including and not limited to) Micronutrient, Trace element deficiencies, Risk assessment, Food safety, Quality control, Food analysis, Food regulation, Lifestyle, Eating behavior, Prevention, Diet, Exercise etc.,

Schedule:
Confirmation deadline: November 30, 2017
Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2017
Revision Due: January 20, 2018
Release of special issue: February 10, 2018