British Journal of Nutrition is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes original papers and review articles across the full spectrum of nutritional science. The focus of all manuscripts submitted to the journal should be to increase knowledge in nutritional science relevant to human or animal nutrition. The BJN welcomes manuscripts that report studies in nutritional epidemiology, nutritional requirements, metabolic studies, body composition, energetics, appetite and obesity. Manuscripts that address interactions of nutrition with endocrinology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular and cell biology, neuroscience and physiology and that report outcomes relevant to health, behaviour and well-being are also within scope for the BJN.

>> Molecular Nutrition
Effect of dietary threonine on growth performance and muscle growth, protein synthesis and antioxidant-related signalling pathways of hybrid catfish Pelteobagrus vachelli♀ × Leiocassis longirostris♂
Ye Zhao, Qin Jiang, Xiao-Qiu Zhou, Shang-Xiao Xu, Lin Feng, Yang Liu, Wei-Dan Jiang, Pei Wu, Juan Zhao, Jun Jiang

>> Metabolism and Metabolic Studies

a. The effects of oral arginine on its metabolic pathways in Sprague–Dawley rats
Sarah Martin, Kaushik Desai

b. Select Effects of dietary lipid level on growth, fatty acid profiles, antioxidant capacity and expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism in juvenile swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus
Effects of dietary lipid level on growth, fatty acid profiles, antioxidant capacity and expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism in juvenile swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus
Peng Sun, Min Jin, Lefei Jiao, Óscar Monroig, Juan Carlos Navarro, Douglas R. Tocher, Mónica B. Betancor, Xuexi Wang, Ye Yuan, Qicun Zhou


>> Nutritional Endocrinology
Association between dietary insulin index and load and psychological disorders
Javad Anjom-Shoae, Ammar Hassanzadeh Keshteli, Hamid Afshar, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Peyman Adibi

>> Microbiology
Dietary administration of resistant starch improved caecal barrier function by enhancing intestinal morphology and modulating microbiota composition in meat duck
Simeng Qin, Keying Zhang, Todd J. Applegate, Xuemei Ding, Shiping Bai, Yuheng Luo, Jianping Wang, Huanwei Peng, Zhuowei Su, Yue Xuan, Qiufeng Zeng

>> Human and Clinical Nutrition

a. Enzymatically modified isoquercitrin improves endothelial function in volunteers at risk of cardiovascular disease
Nicola P. Bondonno, Catherine P. Bondonno, Natalie C. Ward, Richard J. Woodman, Jonathan M. Hodgson, Kevin D. Croft

b. Randomised trial of chronic supplementation with a nutraceutical mixture in subjects with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Chiara Cerletti, Mario Colucci, Marianna Storto, Fabrizio Semeraro, Concetta T. Ammollo, Francesca Incampo, Simona Costanzo, Giuseppe De Bartolomeo, Piero Portincasa, Michele Barone, Augusto Di Castelnuovo, Nicola Semeraro, Licia Iacoviello, Giovanni de Gaetano

c. Plasma polyphenols associated with lower high-sensitivity C-reactive protein concentrations: a cross-sectional study within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort
Laura M. Harms, Augustin Scalbert, Raul Zamora-Ros, Sabina Rinaldi, Mazda Jenab, Neil Murphy, David Achaintre, Anne Tjønneland, Anja Olsen, Kim Overvad, Francesca Romana Mancini, Yahya Mahamat-Saleh, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Tilman Kühn, Verena Katzke, Antonia Trichopoulou, Georgia Martimianaki, Anna Karakatsani, Domenico Palli, Salvatore Panico, Sabina Sieri, Rosario Tumino, Carlotta Sacerdote, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Roel C. H. Vermeulen, Elisabete Weiderpass, Therese Haugdahl Nøst, Cristina Lasheras, Miguel Rodríguez-Barranco, José María Huerta, Aurelio Barricarte, Miren Dorronsoro, Johan Hultdin, Julie A. Schmidt, Marc Gunter, Elio Riboli, Krasimira Aleksandrova


>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology

a. Select Maternal dietary selenium intake is associated with increased gestational length and decreased risk of preterm delivery
Maternal dietary selenium intake is associated with increased gestational length and decreased risk of preterm delivery
Malin Barman, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Staffan Nilsson, Margaretha Haugen, Thomas Lundh, Gerald F. Combs, Jr, Ge Zhang, Louis J. Muglia, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Bo Jacobsson, Verena Sengpiel

b. Select Computer-based tailored dietary counselling improves the nutrient adequacy of the diet of French pregnant women: a randomised controlled trial
Computer-based tailored dietary counselling improves the nutrient adequacy of the diet of French pregnant women: a randomised controlled trial
Clélia M. Bianchi, François Mariotti, Anne Lluch, Claire Journet, Yaëlle Stehr, Hélène Beaussier, Julien Fournier, Stéphane Dervaux, Dylan Cohen-Tanuggi, Elodie Reulet, Eric O. Verger, Elie Azria, Jean-François Huneau

c. Comparing saliva and urine samples for measuring breast milk intake with the 2H oxide dose-to-mother technique among children 2–4 months old
Eric Matsiko, Paul J. M. Hulshof, Laura van der Velde, Marlou-Floor Kenkhuis, Lisine Tuyisenge, Alida Melse-Boonstra