Special issue: COVID-19
Dear contributors,
Nutrition has a vital role in supporting, strengthening the immune system and maintaining proper immune function. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has put a spotlight on the important role of nutrition in supporting the immune system relative to viruses.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will have global effects on people and their nutrition, wellbeing, health and mental status, economies and food systems. A great challenge is going on as to how to combat COVID-19.
This knowledge hub aims to be a resource for all members of the SUN Movement to get informed about COVID-19 developments, at large. It also sheds light on important links between COVID-19 and nutrition, hunger, health and food systems – by bringing together important updates, guidance, articles and opinion pieces, in its initial stage. Nutrition can’t wait!
This special issue will provide cutting-edge and timely topical research on managing and overcoming the impacts of the global Covid-19 pandemic,
Physical and nutritional wellbeing. These papers will provide research that concerns nutritional wellbeing (access and availability), physical activity and wellbeing, health promotion and wellness (e.g., when quarantined).
The North African Journal of Food and Nutrition Research (ISSN 2588-1582,) is currently running a Special Issue entitled " Research on Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 Nutritional Approach". Pr. Meghit Boumediene Khaled and Dr. Bachir Benarba are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. We think they could make an excellent contribution based on their expertise and their following paper:
The role of nutrition in strengthening immune system against newly emerging viral diseases: case of SARSCoV-2. Nor. Afr. J. Food Nutr. Res. January - June (2020);04(07):240-44. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3749406
Pre-exposure and Post-exposure new prophylactic treatments against COVID-19 in healthcare workers. Nor. Afr. J. Food Nutr. Res. January - June (2020);04(07):260-7. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3760866
This Special issue is looking for original research papers, review articles, short communications, letter to the editor, and focus articles addressing recent advances related to novel coronavirus COVID-19
For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at: https://www.mdpi.com/si/foods/Health_Benefits
The submission deadline is 30 August 2020. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (foods@mdpi.com).
NAJFNR is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. No Article Processing Charge (APC) are required for all accepted papers.
For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/foods/instructions).
We look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Pr. Meghit Boumediene KHALED
Dr. Bachir BENARBA
