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
a. Lactobacillus casei YRL577 combined with plant extracts reduce markers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in mice
Zhe Zhang, Hui Zhou, Meiyu Guan, Xiaohong Zhou, Xi Liang, Youyou Lv, Lu Bai, Junxue Zhang, Pimin Gong, Tongjie Liu, Huaxi Yi, Jingfeng Wang, Lanwei Zhang

b. Cellular dehydration acutely degrades mood mainly in women: a counterbalanced, crossover trial
HyunGyu Suh, Harris R. Lieberman, Lisa T. Jansen, Abigail T. Colburn, J. D. Adams, Adam D. Seal, Cory L. Butts, Tracie M. Kirkland, Olle Melander, Tiphaine Vanhaecke, Alberto Dolci, Guillaume Lemetais, Erica T. Perrier, Stavros A. Kavouras

c. Predictors of postprandial glycaemia, insulinaemia and insulin resistance in adolescents
Ryan A. Williams, Karah J. Dring, Simon B. Cooper, John G. Morris, Caroline Sunderland, Mary E. Nevill

>> Nutritional Endocrinology
Protein malnutrition early in life increased apoptosis but did not alter the β-cell mass during gestation
Daniela de Souza Vial-Dahmer, Chaiane Aline da Rosa-Santos, Luana Resende Silva, Vanessa Cristina Arantes, Marise Auxiliadora de Barros Reis, Marciane Milanski, Egberto Gaspar de Moura, Patrícia Cristina Lisboa, Everardo Magalhães Carneiro, Amílcar Sabino Damazo, Márcia Queiroz Latorraca

>> Human and Clinical Nutrition
a. Restricted v. unrestricted oral intake in high output end-jejunostomy patients referred to reconstructive surgery
Jacek Sobocki, Zuzanna Zaczek, Paulina Jurczak, Karolina Lachowicz, Marek Kunecki, Patrycja Groszek, Krystyna Majewska, Mariusz Panczyk, Alastair Forbes

b. Select Decline of nutritional status in the first week of hospitalisation predicts longer length of stay and hospital readmission during 6-month follow-up
Decline of nutritional status in the first week of hospitalisation predicts longer length of stay and hospital readmission during 6-month follow-up
Júlia Lima, Paula Portal Teixeira, Igor da Conceição Eckert, Camila Ferri Burgel, Flávia Moraes Silva

c. The impact of sarcopenia and decrease in skeletal muscle mass in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer during FOLFIRINOX therapy
Shinya Uemura, Takuji Iwashita, Hironao Ichikawa, Yuhei Iwasa, Naoki Mita, Makoto Shiraki, Masahito Shimizu

>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology
a. Olive oil and risk of breast cancer: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of observational studies
Naria Sealy, Susan E. Hankinson, Serena C. Houghton

b. Mortality in relation to profiles of clinical features in Ghanaian severely undernourished children aged 0–59 months: an observational study
H. Asare, J. Carboo, E. D. Nel, R. C. Dolman, C. Conradie, M. J. Lombard, C. Ricci

c. Dietary fibre intake and its associations with depressive symptoms in a prospective adolescent cohort
Olivia G. Swann, Monique Breslin, Michelle Kilpatrick, Therese A. O’Sullivan, Trevor A. Mori, Lawrence J. Beilin, Ashleigh Lin, Wendy H. Oddy

d. Consumption of ultra-processed foods and non-communicable disease-related nutrient profile in Portuguese adults and elderly (2015–2016): the UPPER project
Part of: Ultra-processed foods
Renata Costa de Miranda, Fernanda Rauber, Milena Miranda de Moraes, Cláudia Afonso, Cristina Santos, Sara Rodrigues, Renata Bertazzi Levy

e. Associations of the dietary World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) recommendations with patient-reported outcomes in colorectal cancer survivors 2–10 years post-diagnosis: a cross-sectional analysis
Marlou-Floor Kenkhuis, Bernadette W. A. van der Linden, Jose J. L. Breedveld-Peters, Janna L. Koole, Eline H. van Roekel, Stéphanie O. Breukink, Floortje Mols, Matty P. Weijenberg, Martijn J. L. Bours