Dearmembersandcolleagues，
TheInternationalChineseNutritionYoungScholarsNetwork(ICNYSN)ispleasedtocooperatewithNutrientsandlaunchaSpecialIssuewiththethemeof"NutritionalEpidemiologyamongChinesePopulations".Prof.LiangWang,chairmanofICNYSN,istheguesteditoroftheSpecialIssue.Otherco-guesteditorsincludeProf.GangqiangDingandProf.XinyinJiang.
NutrientsJournalInformationNutrients(ISSN-;CODEN:NUTRHU)isapeer-reviewed,openaccessjournalofhumannutritionpublishedmonthlyonlinebyMDPI.Thejournalhashighvisibility:itisindexedinScopus,SCIE(ScienceNetwork),PubMed,MEDLINE,PMC,Embase,AGRICOLA,AGRIS,andmanyotherdatabases.JournalRankandImpactFactor:JCR-Q1(NutritionDietetics)/CiteScore-Q1(FoodScience);4.();5-YearImpactFactor:5.().SpecialIssueInformationThedietarypatternsofpeopleinChinahaveundergonesubstantialchangesinrecentyearsrelatedtotherapideconomicdevelopmentinthecountry.Inthemeantime,traditionaldietarypatternsofChinesepopulationsinothercountriesandregionsarealsoevolvingduringacculturationandfusionwithotherdietarypatterns.WiththeriseinchronicdiseaseprevalenceinChinaandamongpeopleofChinesedescentinothercountriesandregions,thereisanurgentneedtounderstandtherelationshipbetweenChinesedietarypatternsand