The Role of Nutrition in Integral Health and Quality of Life: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Recent Research

Achieving integral health is a challenge that necessitates a diversified approach from different disciplines to achieve a coordinated impact on people’s health. Food and nutrition form an essential part of this approach. This new book explores some important advances in the role of nutrition in integral health and quality of life, laying special emphasis on the challenges that humans face in this era of sedentary lifestyles, diseases associated with food consumption, and social, economic, environmental, and cultural crises. The volume discusses interdisciplinary approaches to nutrition, focusing on nutrition for children, the impact of nutrition on chronic noncommunicable diseases and gastrointestinal disorders, the nutritional profile of fermented foods and their health benefits, microstructured particles as bioactive compound carriers, and more. The book also offers an analysis of obesity and its dimensions, covering childhood obesity risks and challenges at home and at school, quality of life in adult patients with diabetes, the role of genetics and epigenetics in obesity, and more. The impact of nutrition on oral and dental health is also addressed in the book.

Jesús Alberto García-García, PhD, is a Professor at the School of Education and Humanities at Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. He has worked on the issue of quality of life, healthy lifestyles, obesity, physical activity, and school performance in children, adolescents, and adults. He has published journal papers, book chapters, and Mexican books, and has made various contributions at scientific meetings.

Julio Cufarfán-López, PhD, is a Research Professor, Faculty of Science, Education and Humanities, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico, where he is also General Secretary of the Coordination of Saltillo Unit. He was a Postgraduate Coordinator from 2010 to 2016 and Administrative Secretary from 2016 to 2019 at the same institution. He has written several books and articles for national and international publications. He has made research stays at the Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico, and the Agrarian University of Habana, Cuba.

Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, PhD, is Director of Research and Postgraduate Programs at the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico. Dr. Aguilar has published more than 530 papers in indexed journals and 550 contributions in scientific meetings. He has developed more than 41 research projects, including 25 international exchange projects, and has also edited more than 30 books. He has been awarded several prizes and awards for his work over the years.