Emilia Vassilopoulou

Leila Itani

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Rosa Sammarco

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TYPE EditorialPUBLISHED 30 May 2023DOI 10.3389/fnut.2023.1213059OPEN ACCESSEDITED AND REVIEWED BYMauro Serafini,University of Teramo, Italy*CORRESPONDENCEMarwan El Ghochm.ghoch@bau.edu.lb;marwan1979@hotmail.comRECEIVED 27 April 2023ACCEPTED 09 May 2023PUBLISHED 30 May 2023CITATIONItani L, Vassilopoulou E, Sammarco R and ElGhoch M (2023) Editorial: Nutrition andhealth-related quality of life: is it an ignoredoutcome? Volume II. Front. Nutr. 10:1213059.doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1213059COPYRIGHT© 2023 Itani, Vassilopoulou, Sammarco and ElGhoch. This is an open-access articledistributed under the terms of the CreativeCommons Attribution License (CC BY). The use,distribution or reproduction in other forums ispermitted, provided the original author(s) andthe copyright owner(s) are credited and thatthe original publication in this journal is cited, inaccordance with accepted academic practice.No use, distribution or reproduction ispermitted which does not comply with theseterms.Editorial: Nutrition andhealth-related quality of life: is itan ignored outcome? Volume IILeila Itani1, Emilia Vassilopoulou2, Rosa Sammarco3 andMarwan El Ghoch1,4*1Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Beirut,Lebanon, 2Department of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, International Hellenic University,Thessaloniki, Greece, 3Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine andSurgery, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy, 4Faculty of Medicine, UniCamillus—Saint CamillusInternational University of Health and Medical Sciences, Rome, ItalyKEYWORDSnutrition, outcome, obesity, health related quality of life, handgripEditorial on the Research TopicNutrition and health-related quality of life: is it an ignored outcome?Volume IIIn recent years, there has been a growing interest in Health-Related Quality of Life(HRQoL) (1), defined as an individual’s or a group’s perceived physical and mental healthover time (2). HRQoL is frequently assessed alongside medical and psychological outcomesin many clinical settings and public health services, across a wide spectrum of diseases(3) and is considered an important dimension to measure during the development of newtreatments (4, 5).Since the Ancient Greek era, the impact of nutrition on health has been widely reported(6, 7), yet there remains a lack of knowledge about the link between nutrition and HRQoL(8). Our Research Topic, entitled “Nutrition and health-related quality of life: is it an ignoredoutcome? Volume II,” aimed to attract research from diverse backgrounds focusing on bothhuman nutrition and HRQoL. We were particularly interested in work that may clarifythe link between human nutrition and HRQoL, and the nature of their interaction. Wereceived five submissions; two were rejected and three original research papers were acceptedfollowing peer review. The submissions are international, from America and Europe.In the first study, conducted in America, Han et al. considered grip strength as a validindicator of HRQoL in a study with 2,127 participants of both genders aged 60 years andabove (9). They evaluated the association between dietary magnesium intake and handgripstrength, and whether this association was influenced by serum vitamin D status. They foundthat low magnesium intake was associated with reduced handgrip strength in participantswith a deficient serum concentration of 25(OH)D. They concluded that there is a needto increase magnesium intake in people with this deficiency in order to maintain suitablemuscle strength and good HRQoL.In the second study, conducted in Spain, de Lourdes Moreno et al. validated a Spanishlanguage version of the Coeliac Disease Questionnaire (CDQ). This simple instrument iswidely used to assess HRQoL in patients with coeliac disease (10) and this work will enablebetter assessment of HRQoL in the Spanish population.Frontiers inNutrition 01 frontiersin.orgItani et al. 10.3389/fnut.2023.1213059In the third study, also from Spain, Alonso-Cabezas et al.investigated adherence to a healthy diet, considered to be thebasis of good HRQoL, in 1,251 premenopausal women agedbetween 39 and 50. Perhaps surprisingly, only a third of theparticipants demonstrated adequate adherence to the specificdietary recommendations for this population. HRQoL was notdirectly and objectively measured in this study and therefore mayrequire further investigation.All the studies included in this Research Topic either directlyor indirectly explored the link between nutrition and HRQoL,which offers progress toward understanding their interaction.One study validated a useful tool to directly assess HRQoLand another identified the association between dietary intake,serum levels of certain micronutrients and HRQoL. Most notably,magnesium dietary intake and serum vitamin D levels can beconsidered important makers of reduced handgrip strength, whichis an indirect measure of HRQoL. The last study underlined theimportance of adhering to a healthy diet and maintaining normalweight in order to experience better HRQoL. Further research isrequired replicate and consolidate these findings, while consideringthe potential methodological issues in measuring HRQoL (11).We are grateful to Frontiers in Nutrition for giving us theopportunity to serve as editors for this Research Topic. It has beena challenging, educational and motivating experience. We wouldlike to thank the authors for sharing their research in this ResearchTopic, which we believe will be of particular relevance for a clinicalreadership. Finally, we would like to thank the reviewers for theirtime and input, which undoubtedly improved the quality of thestudies published in this Research Topic.Author contributionsAll authors claim authorship and have approved and madesubstantial contributions to the conception, drafting, and finalversion of the paper.Conflict of interestThe authors declare that the research was conductedin the absence of any commercial or financial relationshipsthat could be construed as a potential conflictof interest.Publisher’s noteAll claims expressed in this article are solely those of theauthors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliatedorganizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and thereviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article, orclaim that may be made by its manufacturer, is not guaranteed orendorsed by the publisher.References1. Zheng S, He A, Yu Y, Jiang L, Liang J, Wang P. 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