Editorial Board

23 editors and editorial board members in 12 countries/regions

  • China (9)
  • Indonesia (1)
  • Italy (2)
  • Japan (1)
  • Luxembourg (2)
  • Malaysia (1)
  • Netherlands (1)
  • Serbia (1)
  • Singapore (1)
  • Republic of Korea (1)
  • Thailand (1)
  • United States (USA) (2)

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Editors-in-Chief

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Yuexin Yang

    Yuexin Yang RD, FIUNS, FCNS

    Yuexin Yang is the Professor of National Institute for Nutrition and Health, China CDC. She is also the President of Chinese Nutrition Society and the President of Federation of Asian Nutrition Societies.

    Interests: food nutrition and function; carbohydrate and diabetes study; Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs); Dietary Guideline (DG); provision of scientific and policy advice on food and nutrition

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Torsten Bohn

    Torsten Bohn PhD

    Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg; Adjunct Associate Professor of Luxembourg University; Vice-President of the Institut Grand-Ducal, Section des Sciences; Member of the EFSA-NDA panel; Member of the Nutriscore scientific panel

    Interests: nutrition; dietary pattern; food science; digestion; inflammation and oxidative stress; micronutrients; carotenoids; polyphenols; non commuinicable diseases; obesity

Deputy Editor

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Shankuan Zhu

    Shankuan Zhu MD, PhD

    Professor Shankuan Zhu is a Qiushi Distinguished Professor at Zhejiang University, a Distinguished Professor of the China Medical Board (CMB), and a professor at the University of Toronto (Status Only). He serves as the Chief Scientist of the National Key Research and Development Program. Prof. Zhu is Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene and Founding Director of the Chronic Disease Research Institute at the School of Public Health, Zhejiang University. He also serves as Founding Director of the Obesity and Body Composition Research Center at the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University; Director of the Zhejiang University–Stanford University Collaborative Laboratory for Health; and Deputy Director of the National Center for Child Health at the Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

    Interests: Prof. Zhu’s research focuses on nutritional and chronic disease epidemiology, particularly the pathogenesis, prevention, and control of body composition (fat, muscle, bone) and related chronic diseases, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, sarcopenia, and osteoporosis.

Associate Editors

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Kalpana Bhaskaran

    Kalpana Bhaskaran PhD

    Glycemic Index Research Unit, School of Applied Science, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore

    Interests: carbohydrate research; glycemic index; insulinemic index; appetite regulation; efficacy testing; therapeutic diets; food formulation; public health nutrition; functional food products; personalised nutrition; nutrition policy & governance

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Manfred Eggersdorfer

    Manfred Eggersdorfer PhD

    Department of Healthy Ageing at the University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

    Interests: nutrition; vitamins; carotenoids; omega-3 fatty acids; the role of essential nutrients for health; vitality and well-being; the impact of inadequate intake and status of micronutrients on long-term health and healthy aging

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Hardinsyah Hardinsyah

    Hardinsyah Hardinsyah MSc, PhD, FIUNS

    Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Human Ecology (FEMA), IPB University, and Food and Nutrition Society of Indonesia (PERGIZI PANGAN Indonesia), Kota Bogor, Indonesia

    Interests: epidemiology of nutrition; maternal and child nutrition; food security and safety

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Guowei Huang

    Guowei Huang PhD

    Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

    Interests: nutrition and diseases; nutrition and neuroscience

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Aidong Liu

    Aidong Liu PhD

    Director of the National Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

    Interests: population nutrition and health monitoring and evaluation; diet-related diseases; nutrition standards; policy research

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Liegang Liu

    Liegang Liu PhD, FCNS

    School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

    Interests: dietary nutrition and diabetes; cognitive function; Alzheimer’s disease

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Sherry A. Tanumihardjo

    Sherry A. Tanumihardjo PhD

    Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

    Interests: vitamin A status assessment and provitamin A carotenoids as sources of vitamin A; vegetables and fruit intake to enhance health; global health

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Haixia Yang

    Haixia Yang PhD

    College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

    Interests: natural products and chronic disease prevention and control; lipid metabolism and cancer; food, nutrition, and health

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Kang Yu

    Kang Yu MD

    Director of the Department of Clinical Nutrition, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China

    Interests: nutritional treatment for obesity; sarcopenia; sarcopenic obesity; diabetes; hyperlipidemia; hyperuricemia; gout; kidney disease; surgical diseases, and other diseases

Editorial Board Members

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Mahenderan Appukutty

    Mahenderan Appukutty PhD

    Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia

    Interests: sports science (fitness; exercise physiology); nutrition and physical activity assessment; nutrition & exercise immunity

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Hitoshi Ashida

    Hitoshi Ashida PhD

    Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Mukogawa Women’s University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

    Interests: function of foods and their ingredients; nutritional science

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Rewadee Chongsuwat

    Rewadee Chongsuwat PhD

    Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Interests: food and nutrition related behavior; weight management; food environment

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Lei Hao

    Lei Hao PhD, MD

    Department of Allied and Public Health, Faculty of Food and Nutrition, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, USA

    Interests: understanding the mechanisms of obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases, and brown fat development

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Yuna He

    Yuna He PhD

    National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

    Interests: nutritional epidemiology; public nutrition

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Hyun-Sook Kim

    Hyun-Sook Kim PhD

    Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Interests: nutrition and immune response; aging and nutrition

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Gianluca Rizzo

    Gianluca Rizzo PhD

    Scientific Society for Vegetarian Nutrition (SSNV), Venice, Italy; Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Interests: vegetarian diet; vegan diet; plant-based diet; soy; soy foods; phytoestrogens; isoflavones; vitamin b12; cobalamins; homocysteine; b-vitamins; polyunsaturated fatty acids; vitamin D; dietary supplements; oxidative stress; antioxidants

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Luigi Schiavo

    Luigi Schiavo PhD, FACN

    Head of the "Dietetics and Nutrition Outpatient Clinic" Care Program, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

    Interests: dietetics applied to metabolic and bariatric surgery; obesity; body composition; ketogenic diet

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Marija Takić

    Marija Takić PhD

    Institute for Medical Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Interests: fatty acids; biomarkers; dietary fats; zinc; polyphenols

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Claus Vögele

    Claus Vögele PhD

    Head of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

    Interests: eating disorders; physical activity; health psychology

  • Portrait of Editorial Board member Na Zhang

    Na Zhang PhD

    Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China

    Interests: drinking water and health; childhood obesity prevention and control; maternal and child nutrition and intestinal health; food nutrition policy

Publisher’s Note: All Editorial Board members have disclosed their institutional affiliations and corresponding countries or regions. IMR Press stays neutral with regard to all jurisdictional claims.