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.

>> Review Article
Determinants of dietary and physical activity behaviours among women of reproductive age in urban sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Peter Yiga, Jan Seghers, Patrick Ogwok, Christophe Matthys

>> Molecular Nutrition
Select Effects of dietary zinc level on growth performance, lipolysis and expression of genes involved in the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase-β/AMP-activated protein kinase pathway in juvenile Pacific white shrimp
Effects of dietary zinc level on growth performance, lipolysis and expression of genes involved in the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase-β/AMP-activated protein kinase pathway in juvenile Pacific white shrimp
Bo Shi, Min Jin, Lefei Jiao, Mónica B. Betancor, Douglas R. Tocher, Qicun Zhou

>> Metabolism and Metabolic Studies
a. Consuming decaffeinated coffee with milk and sugar added before a high-glycaemic index meal improves postprandial glycaemic and insulinaemic responses in healthy adults
Tommy H. T. Wong, Jennifer M. F. Wan, Iris M. Y. Tse, W. H. Sit, Jimmy C. Y. Louie

b. Dietary supplementation with Lactobacillus plantarum modified gut microbiota, bile acid profile and glucose homoeostasis in weaning piglets
Sen Lin, Xiaomin Yang, Yanrong Long, Heju Zhong, Peng Wang, Peiqiang Yuan, Xiaoling Zhang, Lianqiang Che, Bin Feng, Jian Li, Yong Zhuo, Yan Lin, Shengyu Xu, De Wu, Zhengfeng Fang

c. The impact of genetic polymorphisms on weight regain after successful weight loss
Chanisa Thonusin, Krekwit Shinlapawittayatorn, Siriporn C. Chattipakorn, Nipon Chattipakorn

>> Microbiology
Influence of 2′-fucosyllactose and galacto-oligosaccharides on the growth and adhesion of Streptococcus mutans
K. Salli, E. Söderling, J. Hirvonen, U. K. Gürsoy, A. C. Ouwehand

>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology
a. Dietary patterns and relative expression levels of PPAR-γ, VEGF-A and HIF-1α genes in benign breast diseases: case–control and consecutive case-series designs
Sanaz Asemani, Vahid Montazeri, Mitra Foroutan-Ghaznavi, Seyed-Sajjad Pirouzpanah, Behzad Baradaran, Sahar Jafari, Ali Barzegar, Dariush Shanehbandi, Nahideh Asadi, Saeed Pirouzpanah

b. Select Vegetarian, pescatarian and flexitarian diets: sociodemographic determinants and association with cardiovascular risk factors in a Swiss urban population
Vegetarian, pescatarian and flexitarian diets: sociodemographic determinants and association with cardiovascular risk factors in a Swiss urban population
Hannah Wozniak, Christophe Larpin, Carlos de Mestral, Idris Guessous, Jean-Luc Reny, Silvia Stringhini

c. Select Autoimmune thyroid diseases after 25 years of universal salt iodisation: an epidemiological study of Chinese adults in areas with different water iodine levels
Autoimmune thyroid diseases after 25 years of universal salt iodisation: an epidemiological study of Chinese adults in areas with different water iodine levels
Siyuan Wan, Mengying Qu, Huaiyong Wu, Bingxuan Ren, Wen Jiang, Xiaoming Wang, Lixiang Liu, Hongmei Shen

d. Maternal intake of one-carbon metabolism-related B vitamins and anorectal malformations in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Takehiro Michikawa, Hiroshi Nitta, Makiko Sekiyama, Tatsuo Kuroda, Shoji F. Nakayama, Tomohiko Isobe, Yayoi Kobayashi, Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Eiko Suda, Yu Taniguchi, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Shin Yamazaki, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group

>> Behaviour, Appetite and Obesity
Exploring the relationship between the Mediterranean diet and weight loss maintenance: the MedWeight study
Dimitrios Poulimeneas, Costas A. Anastasiou, Inês Santos, James O. Hill, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Mary Yannakoulia