Public Health Nutrition

This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics

Aims and Scope
Public Health Nutrition focuses on the promotion of good health through nutrition and the primary prevention of nutrition related illness in the population. This international journal is essential reading for all specialists involved with nutritional epidemiological research, the role of nutrition in public health, and the identification of practical solutions to public health problems. It has an international perspective. The journal provides a forum for the cross-linkage of ideas relevant to the solution of nutrition related health problems. It welcomes original research papers, topical review articles, editorials, invited commentaries, Letters to the Editor, book reviews, and announcements.

The impact factor (2009) is 2.749

The Readership
Public Health Nutrition is essential reading for:

• Nutritionists and dietitians involved in nutritional epidemiology research, primary prevention, public health, and health promotion
• Epidemiologists and health promotion specialists interested in the role of nutrition in disease prevention
• Academics and those involved in fieldwork and the application of research to identify practical solutions to important public health problems

Topics Covered Include:

• Nutritional epidemiology - studies relating nutrition to health or disease risk
• Nutrition related health promotion
• Evaluation of effectiveness of intervention studies aimed at improving health
• Role of nutrition in high risk and vulnerable groups
• Development of research methods, validation of measures, calibration
• Population based research related to primary prevention of illness

Public Health Nutrition will publish special issues and supplementary issues. These focus on topics of major interest. 

Online Submission
Editorial Board
Online Journal Access  
Directions  to Authors
Licence to Publish

Editorial board

Agneta Yngve is Editor in Chief. She is supported by an editorial board of 37 people drawn from around the world .

Editor in Chief
Associate Professor Agneta Yngve
Unit for Preventive Nutrition
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm,
Sweden
phn@nutsoc.org.uk

Papers must be submitted online at http://phn.msubmit.net. Please refer to the notes to authors available elsewhere on the web site. All papers are peer reviewed.
The editors are always happy to receive ideas for special issues or to be contacted prior to formal submission of papers to discuss the potential suitability of papers.
We expect authors to declare any conflicting interests and the source of funding for their research.
As from 2007 the journal is published monthly; subscription is available in either hard copy or by online electronic access. Articles published more than two years ago are freely available online.

Authors retain copyright of their own material.

Abstracting / Indexing

Public Health Nutrition is covered by CAB ABSTRACTS®, Index Medicus® (MEDLINE®), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, BIOSIS® Database and CINAHL® Database

Note to Authors:
From 2005 our offprint policy is changing. The main author will receive one copy of the published issue and a PDF free of charge. Extra copies of offprints can be ordered prior to publication.