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.

>> Nutritional Endocrinology
Long-term vitamin D deficiency promotes renal fibrosis and functional impairment in middle-aged male mice
Zhi-Hui Zhang, Biao Luo, Shen Xu, Zhi-Cheng Zhang, Wei-Yang Xing, Yuan-Hua Chen, Cheng Zhang, Hua Wang, Dong-Dong Xie, De-Xiang Xu

>> Nutritional Immunology
Nutritional status, diet and viral respiratory infections: perspectives for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Ana Heloneida de Araújo Morais, Jailane de Souza Aquino, Juliana Kelly da Silva-Maia, Sancha Helena de Lima Vale, Bruna Leal Lima Maciel, Thaís Sousa Passos

>> Human and Clinical Nutrition
The impact of EPA and DHA on ceramide lipotoxicity in the metabolic syndrome
Chelsey Walchuk, Yidi Wang, Miyoung Suh

>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology
a. Dietary lipid and n-3 long-chain PUFA levels impact growth performance and lipid metabolism of juvenile mud crab, Scylla paramamosain
Xuexi Wang, Min Jin, Xin Cheng, Jiaxiang Luo, Lefei Jiao, Mónica B. Betancor, Douglas R. Tocher, Qicun Zhou

b. Nutritional contributions of food pantries and other sources to the diets of rural, Midwestern food pantry users in the USA
Yibin Liu, Nicole E. Desmond, Breanne N. Wright, Regan L. Bailey, Tianning Dong, Bruce A. Craig, Heather A. Eicher-Miller

c. Prospective associations of the original Food Standards Agency nutrient profiling system and three variants with weight gain, overweight and obesity risk: results from the French NutriNet-Santé cohort
Manon Egnell, Louise Seconda, Bruce Neal, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Mike Rayner, Alexandra Jones, Mathilde Touvier, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Serge Hercberg, Chantal Julia

d. Beneficial effect on serum cholesterol levels, but not glycaemic regulation, after replacing SFA with PUFA for 3 d: a randomised crossover trial
Line Gaundal, Mari C. W. Myhrstad, Lena Leder, Marte Gjeitung Byfuglien, Terje Gjøvaag, Ida Rud, Kjetil Retterstøl, Kirsten B. Holven, Stine M. Ulven, Vibeke H. Telle-Hansen

e. Increased vegetable and fruit intake is associated with reduced failure rate of tuberculosis treatment: a hospital-based cohort study in China
Lei Xu, Jinyu Wang, Shanliang Zhao, Jianwen Zhang, Ke Xiong, Jing Cai, Qiuzhen Wang, Song Lin, Yan Ma, Aiguo Ma

>> Behaviour, Appetite and Obesity
a. Select Effect of temperature and/or sweetness of beverages on body composition in rats
Effect of temperature and/or sweetness of beverages on body composition in rats
M. E. Ragi, N. El-Helou, C. El-Mallah, A. Eid, O. A. Obeid

b. Associations of early-life exposure to famine with abdominal fat accumulation are independent of family history of diabetes and physical activity
Xiang Hu, Junping Wen, Weihui Yu, Lijuan Yang, Wei Pan, Ke Xu, Xueqin Chen, Qianqian Li, Gang Chen, Xuejiang Gu

c. Acute exposure to a hot ambient temperature reduces energy intake but does not affect gut hormones in men during rest
Julia K. Zakrzewski-Fruer, Rachel N. Horsfall, Diane Cottrill, John Hough

>> Corrigendum
Intrauterine growth restriction induced by maternal low protein diet causes long-term alterations of thymic structure and function in adult male rat offspring – CORRIGENDUM
Jean-Baptiste Armengaud, Zelie Dennebouy, Danny Labes, Catherine Fumey, Anne Wilson, Fabio Candotti, Catherine Yzydorczyk, Umberto Simeoni