With the global prevalence of obesity on the rise, weight management has become a critical topic in the field of medicine. Body weight not only affects individual physical health but is also closely associated with multiple chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer. This special issue aims to explore the scientific foundations, clinical practices, and health strategies related to weight management, sharing the latest research findings, therapeutic approaches, and intervention measures. We sincerely invite you to actively participate and jointly explore the latest concepts, strategies, and methods in weight management. Through this academic platform, we hope fellow medical professionals will collaborate to promote academic advancement and clinical practice development in the field of weight management. 

Guest Editor of the Special Issue: Chen Yanming
Professor, Chief Physician, MD, Doctoral Supervisor
Vice President, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University/Head of the Department of Endocrinology
Director, Diabetes Research Institute of Sun Yat-sen University; Director, Weight Management Center
Director, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Diabetes Prevention and Treatment
Director, Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Molecular Mechanisms and Translational Research of Obesity

Academic Positions

Member, Endocrinology and Metabolism Branch, Chinese Medical Doctor Association

Member, Obesity Group, Chinese Diabetes Society 

Vice Chair, Endocrinology Branch, Guangdong Medical Association; Chair, Youth Committee

Vice President, Guangdong Industry Association; Chair, Endocrinology Management Branch

Chair, Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Committee, Guangdong Association of the Integrative Traditional and Western Medicine    

Vice President, Guangdong Medical Women's Association; Chair, Diabetes Expert Committee

Research Fields

Clinical and basic research on diabetes and its vascular complications, obesity, and stem cell therapy for diabetes. Currently leads key national research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. Editor-in-chief of monographs such as Hypertension and Diabetes.

Topics for Submissions (including but not limited to):

Epidemiological studies on weight management, the relationship between weight management and chronic diseases, intervention measures and practical strategies in weight management, application and efficacy evaluation of weight management medications, nutritional therapy and dietary guidance in weight management, application of exercise interventions in weight management, weight management strategies for children and adolescents, characteristics and countermeasures of weight management in the elderly, psychological interventions and behavioral therapies in weight management, interdisciplinary research in the field of weight management

Types of Submissions

Original articles, reviews (including expert consensus, domestic and international guidelines, and guideline interpretations), and popular science articles.

Content Requirements

Submissions must be original, unpublished in domestic or international journals or conferences, innovative, scientifically rigorous, and practically valuable. Manuscripts should have clearly stated arguments, sufficient supporting evidence, conclusions well-supported by the presented results, concise wording, clear structure, accurate data, and appropriate statistical methods. Each manuscript should include a title, authors' names, abstracts and keywords in both Chinese and English. Please indicate information such as funding sources, authors' names, professional titles, and research directions in the footer of the first page. Academic integrity must be strictly followed; all references to others’ ideas or data must be properly cited. Formatting requirements for articles and references can refer to recent publications in this journal. Manuscripts generally should be no less than 7000 words in length.

Submission of Manuscripts

Please submit your manuscript via the journal’s online submission system at: https://www.xinyixue.cn. Please indicate in the submission notes: Special Issue on Standardized Weight Management.

Submission Deadline

From now until October 15, 2024.