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
Vitamin D impacts on the intestinal health, immune status and metabolism in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.)
Rui Shao, Jiayu Liu, Yawen Lan, Xinmeng Liao, Jinjin Zhang, Weiqi Xu, Kangsen Mai, Qinghui Ai, Min Wan

>> Metabolism and Metabolic Studies
a. Early pregnancy hemoglobin is associated with the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study
Heng Yaw Yong, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, Barakatun Nisak Mohd Yusof, Zulida Rejali, Yvonne Yee Siang Tee, Jacques Bindels, Eline M. van der Beek

b. Effects of dietary and exercise treatments on HDL subclasses in lactating women with overweight and obesity: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
Elisabeth Adolfsen Øhman, Lisa Kirchner, Anna Winkvist, Fredrik Bertz, Kirsten Bjørklund Holven, Stine Marie Ulven, Hilde Kristin Brekke

c. Sex differences in vitamin D metabolism, serum levels and action
Alicja Wierzbicka, Maria Oczkowicz

>> Nutritional Immunology
a. Vitamins, microelements and the immune system: current standpoint in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019
Branka Djordjevic, Jelena Milenkovic, Dijana Stojanovic, Aleksandra Velickov, Boris Djindjic, Tatjana Jevtovic Stoimenov

b. Dietary supplementation of thiamine enhances colonic integrity and modulates mucosal inflammation injury in goats challenged by lipopolysaccharide and low pH
Yi Ma, Chao Wang, Mawda Elmhadi, Hao Zhang, Fuyuan Liu, Xingliang Gao, Hongrong Wang

>> Human and Clinical Nutrition
a. Potential anti-inflammatory effects of legumes: a review
Potential anti-inflammatory effects of legumes: a review
Milagros Faridy Juárez-Chairez, Ofelia Gabriela Meza-Márquez, Yazmín Karina Márquez-Flores, Cristian Jiménez-Martínez

b. Mineral micronutrient status and spatial distribution among the Ethiopian population
Adamu Belay, Dawd Gashu, Edward J. M. Joy, Murray R. Lark, Christopher Chagumaira, Dilnesaw Zerfu, Louise E. Ander, Scott D. Young, Elizabeth H. Bailey, Martin R. Broadley

c. Effect of oat or rice flour on pulse-induced gastrointestinal symptoms and breath hydrogen in subjects sensitive to pulses and controls – a randomised cross-over trial with two parallel groups
Salla Laito, Niina Valkonen, Oskar Laaksonen, Marko Kalliomäki, Tuula Tuure, Kaisa M. Linderborg

>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology
a. Diet Quality Index for older adults (DQI-65): development and use in predicting adherence to dietary recommendations and health markers in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey
Nicole Dorrington, Rosalind Fallaize, Ditte Hobbs, Michelle Weech, Julie Anne Lovegrove

b. Influence of geographical latitude on vitamin D status: cross-sectional results from the BiomarCaRE consortium
Viktor Oskarsson, Mats Eliasson, Veikko Salomaa, Jaakko Reinikainen, Satu Männistö, Luigi Palmieri, Chiara Donfrancesco, Susana Sans, Simona Costanzo, Giovanni de Gaetano, Licia Iacoviello, Giovanni Veronesi, Marco M. Ferrario, Teresa Padro, Barbara Thorand, Cornelia Huth, Tanja Zeller, Stefan Blankenberg, Annie S. Anderson, Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, Kari Kuulasmaa, Stefan Söderberg

c. The role of Mediterranean diet in the course of subjective cognitive decline in the elderly population of Greece: results from a prospective cohort study
The role of Mediterranean diet in the course of subjective cognitive decline in the elderly population of Greece: results from a prospective cohort study
George S. Vlachos, Mary Yannakoulia, Costas A. Anastasiou, Mary H. Kosmidis, Efthimios Dardiotis, Georgios Hadjigeorgiou, Sokratis Charisis, Paraskevi Sakka, Leonidas Stefanis, Nikolaos Scarmeas

d. Association of dietary patterns with obesity and metabolically healthy obesity phenotype in Chinese population: a cross-sectional analysis of China Multi-Ethnic Cohort Study
Association of dietary patterns with obesity and metabolically healthy obesity phenotype in Chinese population: a cross-sectional analysis of China Multi-Ethnic Cohort Study
Dan Tang, Xiong Xiao, Liling Chen, Yixi Kangzhu, Wei Deng, Basang, Shujuan Yang, Lu Long, Xiaofen Xie, Jiaojiao Lu, Qun Meng, Jianzhong Yin, Feng Hong, Xing Zhao

e. Mushroom intake and cognitive performance among US older adults: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–2014
Djibril M. Ba, Xiang Gao, Laila Al-Shaar, Joshua Muscat, Vernon M. Chinchilli, Paddy Ssentongo, Robert B. Beelman, John Richie

f. Different statistical methods identify similar population-specific dietary patterns: an analysis of Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
Different statistical methods identify similar population-specific dietary patterns: an analysis of Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
Mariane de Almeida Alves, Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina, Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Paulo Andrade Lotufo, Isabela Martins Benseñor, Dirce Maria Lobo Marchioni

g. Dietary inflammation index and osteoarthritis in the elderly: is there a mediating role of physical activity?
Haoyi Wang, Runzhi Liao, Weifeng Tang, Weiping Su, Min Zeng, Junxiao Yang, Xiaolei Fan, Jie Xie, Yihe Hu

h. Influence of sugar consumption from foods with different degrees of processing on anthropometric indicators of children and adolescents after 18 months of follow-up
Influence of sugar consumption from foods with different degrees of processing on anthropometric indicators of children and adolescents after 18 months of follow-up
Part of: Ultra-processed foods
Jamile Rafaela Pereira da Silva Barreto, Ana Marlúcia de Oliveira Assis, Mônica Leila Portela de Santana, Jacqueline Costa Dias Pitangueira, Carla de Magalhães Cunha, Priscila Ribas de Farias Costa

i. Degree of food processing and breast cancer risk in black urban women from Soweto, South African: the South African Breast Cancer study
Part of: Ultra-processed foods
Inarie Jacobs, Christine Taljaard-Krugell, Mariaan Wicks, Herbert Cubasch, Maureen Joffe, Ria Laubscher, Isabelle Romieu, Renata B. Levy, Fernanda Rauber, Carine Biessy, Sabina Rinaldi, Inge Huybrechts

>> Corrigendum
Vitamin D impacts on the intestinal health, immune status and metabolism in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.) – CORRIGENDUM
Vitamin D impacts on the intestinal health, immune status and metabolism in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.) – CORRIGENDUM
Rui Shao, Jiayu Liu, Yawen Lan, Xinmeng Liao, Jinjin Zhang, Weiqi Xu, Kangsen Mai, Qinghui Ai, Min Wan