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
a. Interactions between dietary flavonoids and the gut microbiome: a comprehensive review
Mostafa Hassan Baky, Mostafa Elshahed, Ludger Wessjohann, Mohamed A. Farag

b. A maternal low-protein diet during gestation induces hepatic autophagy-related gene expression in a sex-specific manner in Sprague-Dawley rats
Mingzhu Cai, Jie Zhang, Hong Chen, Yuan-Xiang Pan

>> Nutritional Endocrinology
a. Overweight and obesity in polycystic ovary syndrome: association with inflammation, oxidative stress and dyslipidaemia
Iva M. Perovic Blagojevic, Jelena Z. Vekic, Djuro P. Macut, Svetlana D. Ignjatovic, Milica M. Miljkovic-Trailovic, Aleksandra R. Zeljkovic, Vesna V. Spasojevic-Kalimanovska, Ivana B. Bozic-Antic, Jelica D. Bjekic-Macut, Biljana A. Kastratovic-Kotlica, Zoran G. Andric, Dusan S. Ilic, Jelena M. Kotur-Stevuljevic

b. Could consumption of yam (Dioscorea) or its extract be beneficial in controlling glycaemia: a systematic review
Waad Z. Alharazi, Anthony McGowen, Peter Rose, Preeti H. Jethwa

c. The effect of probiotics/synbiotics supplementation on renal and liver biomarkers in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Shima Abdollahi, Fatemeh Meshkini, Cain C. T. Clark, Javad Heshmati, Sepideh Soltani

>> Human and Clinical Nutrition
a. The joint association of serum vitamin D status and cardiorespiratory fitness with obesity and metabolic syndrome in Tehranian adults
Mena Farazi, Ahmad Jayedi, Fatemeh Dehghani Firouzabadi, Zahra Noruzi, Hanieh Moosavi, Kurosh Djafarian, Sakineh Shab-Bidar

b. Select Association between sitting/lying down, standing, walking time and number of steps per day with the hormonal profile and resting energy expenditure of women with obesity living in a low-income region
Association between sitting/lying down, standing, walking time and number of steps per day with the hormonal profile and resting energy expenditure of women with obesity living in a low-income region
Mateus de Lima Macena, André Eduardo da Silva Júnior, Dafiny Rodrigues Silva Praxedes, Laís Gomes Lessa Vasconcelos, Isabele Rejane de Oliveira Maranhão Pureza, Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo Florêncio, Nassib Bezerra Bueno

c. Dietary consumption of tea and the risk of prostate cancer in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial
Robert Thomas, Basma Greef, Alex McConnachie, Bethany Stanley, Madeleine Williams

d. Role of whey protein in vascular function: a systematic review and meta-analysis of human intervention studies
Fatemeh Hajizadeh-Sharafabad, Elham Sharifi Zahabi, Ali Tarighat-Esfanjani

e. Highlights about the association of health and skipping breakfast in adolescents and adults
Priscila Berti Zanella

f. Select Malnutrition as a risk factor of adverse postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing hepatic resection: analysis of US hospitals
Malnutrition as a risk factor of adverse postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing hepatic resection: analysis of US hospitals
David Uihwan Lee, Edwin Wang, Gregory Hongyuan Fan, David Jeffrey Hastie, Elyse Ann Addonizio, Harrison Chou, Raffi Karagozian

g. Maternal fish and shellfish consumption and preterm birth: a retrospective study in urban China
Li Wang, Zhongxia Fu, Wei Deng, Shengdong Zhu, Chuan Zhang, Wei Zhang

h. Culturally adapting the Mediterranean Diet pattern – a way of promoting more ‘sustainable’ dietary change?
Jayne Woodside, Ian S. Young, Michelle C. McKinley

>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology
a. Liver and kidney function markers among gym users: the role of dietary supplement usage
Diene S. Schlickmann, Patrícia Molz, Caroline Brand, Caroline dos Santos, Thalia G. da Silva, Alexandre Rieger, Pedro J. Benito, Cézane P. Reuter, Jane D. P. Renner, Silvia I. Rech Franke

b. Nutrient patterns are associated with discordant apoB and LDL: a population-based analysis
Mohsen Mazidi, Richard J. Webb, Elena S. George, Niloofar Shekoohi, Julie A. Lovegrove, Ian G. Davies

c. Glucosamine use, smoking and risk of incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a large prospective cohort study
Xi-Ru Zhang, Pei-Dong Zhang, Zhi-Hao Li, Pei Yang, Xiao-Meng Wang, Hua-Min Liu, Fen Liang, Jin-Dong Wang, Yu Sun, Dong Shen, Pei-Liang Chen, Wen-Fang Zhong, Qing-Mei Huang, Dan Liu, Zheng-He Wang, Virginia Byers Kraus, Chen Mao

d. Select Geographic variations and determinants of EPA plus DHA and EPA alone in pregnant and lactating women from China
Geographic variations and determinants of EPA plus DHA and EPA alone in pregnant and lactating women from China
Shaohua Yin, Yu-bo Zhou, Hongtian Li, Ying Meng, Jian-Meng Liu

e. Association between dietary inflammatory index and cardiometabolic risk factors among Brazilian adolescents: results from a national cross-sectional study
Pâmela Ferreira Todendi, Rafaela Salla, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hebert, Julianna Ritter, Felipe Vogt Cureau, Beatriz D. Schaan

f. Dietary fibre intake and risk of prediabetes in China: results from the Tianjin Chronic Low-grade Systemic Inflammation and Health (TCLSIH) Cohort Study
Shunming Zhang, Ge Meng, Qing Zhang, Li Liu, Zhanxin Yao, Hongmei Wu, Yeqing Gu, Yawen Wang, Tingjing Zhang, Xuena Wang, Juanjuan Zhang, Shaomei Sun, Xing Wang, Ming Zhou, Qiyu Jia, Kun Song, Lu Qi, Kaijun Niu

g. The association between the dietary pattern in abdominal obesity based on visceral fat index and dyslipidaemia in the Henan Rural Cohort Study
Yuan Xue, Chang Liu, Shan-Bin Pang, Zhen-Xing Mao, Dong-Dong Zhang, Jiao-Jiao Gao, Ji-Song Lin, Chong-Jian Wang, Xing Li, Wen-Jie Li