Call for papers - Lifestyle habits and their impact on children and adolescents’ health

Guest Editors

Violeta Iotova, MD, PhD, DSc, Medical University Varna, Bulgaria
Rebecca Raeside, PhD, The University of Sydney, Australia

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 25 November 2025

BMC Pediatrics is pleased to announce a new Collection focusing on lifestyle habits and their impact on the health of children and adolescents. We invite submissions that explore various dimensions of lifestyle, including diet and nutrition, physical activity, sleep patterns, social interactions, and their interplay with health outcomes. This Collection aims to advance our understanding of the critical role lifestyle choices play in the physical and mental development in youth.

New Content Item This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being.

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Meet the Guest Editors

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Violeta Iotova, MD, PhD, DSc, Medical University Varna, Bulgaria

Dr Iotova is a Professor of Pediatrics at MU-Varna, Doctor of Sciences since 2012. She is co-chair of the Working Group on Education and Teaching of the European Reference Network on Rare Endocrine Diseases. She heads the Expert Center for Rare Endocrine Diseases at the UMBAL "Sveta Marina" - Varna. Prof Iotova is internationally recognized for her extensive clinical, scientific, and teaching work, particularly in Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology, and Public Health. She is currently the Vice Rector “Science and Research” of the MU-Varna.

Rebecca Raeside, PhD, The University of Sydney, Australia

Dr Raeside is a Research Fellow in the Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sydney. She holds a PhD in public health and has a passion in working with adolescents to co-design solutions that harness the benefits and minimize the risks of digital technologies to improve health and wellbeing outcomes. She currently leads the Health4Me randomized controlled trial, testing the effectiveness of a co-designed digital health intervention to improve adolescent health and well-being.

About the Collection

BMC Pediatrics invites submissions to our new Collection, Lifestyle habits and their impact on children and adolescents’ health.

Lifestyle habits, including diet and nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and social interactions, can significantly influence the physical, cognitive, and mental development of children and adolescents. Addressing these habits in youth is critical, given the various health challenges faced by this population, such as overweight and obesity, mental health issues and mental illnesses, and chronic diseases. The lifestyle choices available to young people are evolving with society, necessitating ongoing research into emerging lifestyle habits and their impact on health outcomes. Understanding these dynamics is essential for developing preventive measures and promoting healthier choices among young people.

The collection seeks the latest advances in research that explore the prevalence of various lifestyle habits in child and adolescent populations and the impacts of these habits on their biological maturation, physical health, mental well-being, cognitive development, and academic performance. We are also interested in research that sheds light on strategies to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors among the youth.

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being.

All manuscripts submitted to this journal, including those submitted to Collections and special issues, are assessed in line with our editorial policies and the journal’s peer review process. Reviewers and editors are required to declare competing interests and can be excluded from the peer review process if a competing interest exists.

There are currently no articles in this collection.

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Lifestyle habits and their impact on children and adolescents’ health" from the dropdown menu.

All manuscripts submitted to this journal, including those submitted to collections and special issues, are assessed in line with our editorial policies and the journal’s peer review process. Reviewers and editors are required to declare competing interests and can be excluded from the peer review process if a competing interest exists.