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.

>> Metabolism and Metabolic Studies
Tibetan sheep have a high capacity to absorb and to regulate metabolism of SCFA in the rumen epithelium to adapt to low energy intake
Xiaoping Jing, Wenji Wang, Allan Degen, Yamin Guo, Jingpeng Kang, Peipei Liu, Luming Ding, Zhanhuan Shang, Veerle Fievez, Jianwei Zhou, Ruijun Long

>> Nutritional Toxicity
Condensed tannins decreased the growth performance and impaired intestinal immune function in on-growing grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
Mei Li, Lin Feng, Wei-Dan Jiang, Pei Wu, Yang Liu, Jun Jiang, Sheng-Yao Kuang, Ling Tang, Xiao-Qiu Zhou

>> Human and Clinical Nutrition

a. New approach to simplifying and optimising acute malnutrition treatment in children aged 6–59 months: the OptiMA single-arm proof-of-concept trial in Burkina Faso
Maguy Daures, Kevin Phelan, Mariama Issoufou, Séni Kouanda, Ousmane Sawadogo, Kader Issaley, Cecile Cazes, Benjamin Séri, Bertine Ouaro, Bruno Akpakpo, Vincent Mendiboure, Susan Shepherd, Renaud Becquet

b. Association of infant and young child feeding practices with cognitive development at 10–12 years: a birth cohort in rural Western China
Zhonghai Zhu, Yue Cheng, Qi Qi, Yu Lu, Siyuan Ma, Shaoru Li, Hongbo Li, Mohamed Elhoumed, Sintayehu Tsegaye, Wafaie W. Fawzi, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Hong Yan, Michael J. Dibley, Lingxia Zeng

c. Micronutrient-fortified infant cereal improves Hb status and reduces iron-deficiency anaemia in Indian infants: an effectiveness study
Shally Awasthi, Narayan U. Reddy, Monjori Mitra, Shweta Singh, Sanjeev Ganguly, Ivana Jankovic, Dominik Grathwohl, Colin I. Cercamondi, Apurba Ghosh

d. The effects of n-3 fatty acids from flaxseed oil on genetic and metabolic profiles in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Mehri Jamilian, Zohreh Tabassi, Željko Reiner, Ida Panahandeh, Fatemeh Naderi, Esmat Aghadavod, Elaheh Amirani, Mohsen Taghizadeh, Rana Shafabakhsh, Mahbobeh Satari, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Mohammad Reza Memarzadeh, Zatollah Asemi

e. Body composition in very preterm infants before discharge is associated with macronutrient intake
Barbara E. Lingwood, Nada Al-Theyab, Yvonne A. Eiby, Paul B. Colditz, Tim J. Donovan

f. Acute whole apple consumption did not influence postprandial lipaemia: a randomised crossover trial
Xinjie Lin, Danyelle M. Liddle, Hannah R. Neizer, Lindsay E. Robinson, Amanda J. Wright

>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology

a. The association of dietary glycaemic index and glycaemic load with gestational weight gain and newborn birth weight
Caroline de Barros Gomes, Maíra Barreto Malta, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Caroline de Oliveira Gallo, Maria Helena D’Aquino Benício, Maria Antonieta de Barros Leite Carvalhaes

b. Select Interaction of recommended levels of physical activity and protein intake is associated with greater physical function and lower fat mass in older women: Kuopio Osteoporosis Risk Factor- (OSTPRE) and Fracture-Prevention Study
Interaction of recommended levels of physical activity and protein intake is associated with greater physical function and lower fat mass in older women: Kuopio Osteoporosis Risk Factor- (OSTPRE) and Fracture-Prevention Study
Samu Sjöblom, Joonas Sirola, Toni Rikkonen, Arja T. Erkkilä, Heikki Kröger, Sarang L. Qazi, Masoud Isanejad

>> Erratum
Is carrot consumption associated with a decreased risk of lung cancer? A meta-analysis of observational studies – ERRATUM
Hongbin Xu, Heng Jiang, Wei Yang, Fujian Song, Shijiao Yan, Chao Wang, Wenning Fu, Hui Li, Chuanzhu Lyu, Yong Gan, Zuxun Lu