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. Select Interactions of dietary insulin index and dietary insulin load with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism in relation to cardiometabolic markers in Iranian diabetic patients: a cross-sectional study
Interactions of dietary insulin index and dietary insulin load with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism in relation to cardiometabolic markers in Iranian diabetic patients: a cross-sectional study
Faezeh Abaj, Masoumeh Rafiee, Fariba Koohdani

b. Select Effects of dietary vitamin D3 supplementation on the growth performance, tissue Ca and P concentrations, antioxidant capacity, immune response and lipid metabolism in Litopenaeus vannamei larvae
Effects of dietary vitamin D3 supplementation on the growth performance, tissue Ca and P concentrations, antioxidant capacity, immune response and lipid metabolism in Litopenaeus vannamei larvae
Tianmeng Dai, Lefei Jiao, Xinyue Tao, Jingjing Lu, Min Jin, Peng Sun, Qicun Zhou

>> Metabolism and Metabolic Studies
Rodent models of metabolic disorders: considerations for use in studies of neonatal programming
Kasimu Ghandi Ibrahim, Dawoud Usman, Muhammad Bashir Bello, Ibrahim Malami, Bilyaminu Abubakar, Murtala Bello Abubakar, Mustapha Umar Imam

>> Developmental Biology
Development and the art of nutritional maintenance
David S. Gardner, Clint Gray

>> Nutritional Immunology
Select Long-chain PUFA ameliorate enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-induced intestinal inflammation and cell injury by modulating pyroptosis and necroptosis signaling pathways in porcine intestinal epithelial cells
Long-chain PUFA ameliorate enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli-induced intestinal inflammation and cell injury by modulating pyroptosis and necroptosis signaling pathways in porcine intestinal epithelial cells
Kan Xiao, Yang Yang, Yang Zhang, Qingqing Lv, Feifei Huang, Dan Wang, Jiangchao Zhao, Yulan Liu

>> Human and Clinical Nutrition
a. Food group intake of children and adolescents (6–18 years) on a vegetarian, vegan or omnivore diet: results of the VeChi Youth Study
Ute Alexy, Morwenna Fischer, Stine Weder, Alfred Längler, Andreas Michalsen, Markus Keller

b. Energy expenditure and nutrient intake after spinal cord injury: a comprehensive review and practical recommendations
Gary J. Farkas, Alicia Sneij, David W. McMillan, Eduard Tiozzo, Mark S. Nash, David R. Gater, Jr.

c. Essential nutrient element profiles in rice types: a risk–benefit assessment including inorganic arsenic
Manoj Menon, Amelia Smith, Joseph Fennell

>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology
a. Dietary patterns and sarcopenia in elderly adults: the Tianjin Chronic Low-grade Systemic Inflammation and Health (TCLSIH) study
Xuena Wang, Mingxu Ye, Yeqing Gu, Xiaohui Wu, Ge Meng, Shanshan Bian, Hongmei Wu, Shunming Zhang, Yawen Wang, Tingjing Zhang, Jie Cheng, Shinan Gan, Tong Ji, Kaijun Niu

b. A posteriori dietary patterns in 71-year-old Swedish men and the prevalence of sarcopenia 16 years later
A posteriori dietary patterns in 71-year-old Swedish men and the prevalence of sarcopenia 16 years later
Mikael Karlsson, Wulf Becker, Tommy E. Cederholm, Liisa Byberg

c. Nutritional intake and malnutrition in institutionalised and non-institutionalised older adults
Teresa Madeira, Milton Severo, Daniela Correia, Carla Lopes, João Gorjão Clara

d. Consumption of avocado and associations with nutrient, food and anthropometric measures in a representative survey of Australians: a secondary analysis of the 2011–2012 National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey
Vivienne X. Guan, Elizabeth P. Neale, Yasmine C. Probst

e. Interaction effects of socio-economic position in the association between eating location and diet quality in Portuguese children and adolescents: results from the National Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey 2015–2016
Pedro Pimenta, Carla Maria Moura Lopes, Daniela Macedo Correia, Duarte Paulo Martins Torres, Sara Simões Pereira Rodrigues, Sofia Vilela

f. Effect of baseline physical activity on the fat gain of adolescents in a 5-year cohort study in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Hong K. Tang, Michael J. Dibley

>> Behaviour, Appetite and Obesity
a. Select Comparison of the key modifiable factors in the first 1000 days predicting subsequent overweight and obesity in pre-school children in Tehran: a case–control study
Comparison of the key modifiable factors in the first 1000 days predicting subsequent overweight and obesity in pre-school children in Tehran: a case–control study
Mardali Farzaneh, Hosseini-Baharanchi Fatemeh-Sadat, Dehnad Afsaneh, Shidfar Farzad, Mohammadi Saeed, Găman Mihnea-Alexandru

b. DHA/EPA supplementation decreases anxiety-like behaviour, but it does not ameliorate metabolic profile in obese male rats
João Neto, Jeferson Jantsch, Simone de Oliveira, Matheus Filipe Braga, Luís Felipe dos Santos Castro, Bruna Ferrary Diniz, José Claudio Fonseca Moreira, Marcia Giovenardi, Marilene Porawski, Renata Padilha Guedes

c. DHA/EPA supplementation decreases anxiety-like behaviour, but it does not ameliorate metabolic profile in obese male rats
João Neto, Jeferson Jantsch, Simone de Oliveira, Matheus Filipe Braga, Luís Felipe dos Santos Castro, Bruna Ferrary Diniz, José Claudio Fonseca Moreira, Marcia Giovenardi, Marilene Porawski, Renata Padilha Guedes

d. Betaine supplementation fails to improve body composition: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Damoon Ashtary-Larky, Reza Bagheri, Grant M. Tinsley, Omid Asbaghi, Sara Salehpour, Sara Kashkooli, Wesam Kooti, Alexei Wong