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
Long-term feeding of Atlantic salmon with varying levels of dietary EPA + DHA alters the mineral status but does not affect the stress responses after mechanical delousing stress
Chandrasekar Selvam, Antony J. Prabhu Philip, Esmail Lutfi, Trygve Sigholt, Birgitta Norberg, Grete Bæverfjord, Grethe Rosenlund, Bente Ruyter, Nini H. Sissener

>> Metabolism and Metabolic Studies
a. Skipping breakfast regimen induces an increase in body weight and a decrease in muscle weight with a shifted circadian rhythm in peripheral tissues of mice
Kohei Kiriyama, Mizuki Yamamoto, Daeun Kim, Shumin Sun, Hirotaka Yamamoto, Hiroaki Oda

b. Association between healthy lifestyle pattern and early onset of puberty: based on a longitudinal follow-up study
Yanhui Li, Di Gao, Manman Chen, Ying Ma, Li Chen, Jun Ma, Yanhui Dong

>> Developmental Biology
Glutamine supplementation moderately affects growth, plasma metabolite and free amino acid patterns in neonatal low birth weight piglets
Zeyang Li, Quentin L. Sciascia, Solvig Görs, Nga Nguyen, Farahnaz Rayatdoost Baghal, Johannes Schregel, Armin Tuchscherer, Jürgen Zentek, Cornelia C. Metges

>> Microbiology
The improvement of parturition duration by high intake of dietary fibre in late gestation is associated with gut microbiota and metabolome in sows
Yang Liu, Pingping Jiang, Nan Chen, Yannan Jiang, Ruinan Zhang, Zhengfeng Fang, Yan Lin, Shengyu Xu, Bin Feng, Yong Zhuo, De Wu, Peter Kappel Theil, Lianqiang Che

>> Human and Clinical Nutrition
a. Adiposity and insulin resistance mediate the inverse association between legume intake and blood pressure: a cross-sectional analysis in secondary cardiovascular prevention
Alinne Paula de Almeida, Leidjaira Lopes Juvanhol, Ângela Cristine Bersch-Ferreira, Camila Ragne Torreglosa, Aline Marcadenti, Bernardete Weber, Josefina Bressan, Helen Hermana Miranda Hermsdorff

b. The effects of oral magnesium supplementation on glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials
Omid Asbaghi, Sajjad Moradi, Sara Kashkooli, Mehdi Zobeiri, Shokufeh Nezamoleslami, Mohammad Ali Hojjati Kermani, Anastasia-Viktoria Lazaridi, Maryam Miraghajani

c. Can individual fatty acids be used as functional biomarkers of dairy fat consumption in relation to cardiometabolic health? A narrative review
Laury Sellem, Kim G. Jackson, Laura Paper, Ian D. Givens, Julie A. Lovegrove

d. The validation of contemporary body composition methods in various races and ethnicities
Malia N. M. Blue, Katie R. Hirsch, Gabrielle J. Brewer, Hannah E. Cabre, Lacey M. Gould, Grant M. Tinsley, Bennett K. Ng, Eric D. Ryan, Darin Padua, Abbie E. Smith-Ryan

e. Fish oil supplementation may improve attention, working memory and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in adults with autism spectrum disorder: a randomised crossover trial
Bjørn Lundbergh, Ann Sofi Enevoldsen, Ken D. Stark, Christian Ritz, Lotte Lauritzen

f. Polyphenol-rich tart cherries (Prunus Cerasus, cv Montmorency) improve sustained attention, feelings of alertness and mental fatigue and influence the plasma metabolome in middle-aged adults: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial
Rachel Kimble, Karen M. Keane, John K. Lodge, William Cheung, Crystal F. Haskell-Ramsay, Glyn Howatson

g. Hyperemesis gravidarum severity, enteral tube feeding and cardiometabolic markers in offspring cord blood
Kelly Nijsten, Marjette H. Koot, Joke M. J. Bais, Carrie Ris-Stalpers, Rik van Eekelen, Henk A. Bremer, David P. van der Ham, Wieteke M. Heidema, Anjoke Huisjes, Gunilla Kleiverda, Hinke Kruizenga, Simone M. Kuppens, Judith O. E. H. van Laar, Josje Langenveld, Flip van der Made, Dimitri Papatsonis, Marie-José Pelinck, Paula J. Pernet, Leonie van Rheenen-Flach, Robbert J. Rijnders, Hubertina C. J. Scheepers, Tatjana Vogelvang, Ben W. Mol, Iris J. Grooten, Tessa J. Roseboom, Rebecca C. Painter

h. Relationship between the fasting status during hospitalisation, the length of hospital stay and the outcome
Yuka Muto, Ayano Kurosawa, Chieri Ukita, Norio Hanafusa, Satoru Nagata

>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology
a. Exploring culturally acceptable, nutritious, affordable and low climatic impact diet for Japanese diets: proof of concept of applying a new modelling approach using data envelopment analysis
Minami Sugimoto, Elisabeth H. M. Temme, Sander Biesbroek, Argyris Kanellopoulos, Hitomi Okubo, Aya Fujiwara, Keiko Asakura, Shizuko Masayasu, Satoshi Sasaki, Pieter van’t Veer

b. Animal-source foods as a suitable complementary food for improved physical growth in 6 to 24-month-old children in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Hannah Asare, Alice Rosi, Mieke Faber, Cornelius M. Smuts, Cristian Ricci

c. Standardisation and application of a novel multiplex assay for estimating micronutrient status and inflammatory markers in women of Sauria Paharia and Santhal tribes of Jharkhand
Archna Singh, Sivasankar Baalasubramanian, Mani Kalaivani, Ridhima Kapoor, Ketaki Bhagwat, Suparna Ghosh-Jerath

d. Maternal folic acid supplement use/dietary folate intake from preconception to early pregnancy and neurodevelopment in 2-year-old offspring: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Taeko Suzuki, Toshie Nishigori, Taku Obara, Toshio Masumoto, Miyuki Mori, Tsuyoshi Murata, Hyo Kyozuka, Yuka Ogata, Akiko Sato, Mari Sampei, Toshifumi Takahashi, Kosei Shinoki, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Keiya Fujimori, Seiji Yasumura, Koichi Hashimoto, Aya Goto, Hidekazu Nishigori, The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group

>> Innovative Techniques
LioNeo project: a randomised double-blind clinical trial for nutrition of very-low-birth-weight infants
LioNeo project: a randomised double-blind clinical trial for nutrition of very-low-birth-weight infants
Vicky Nogueira-Pileggi, Maria Carolina Achcar, Fábio Carmona, Adriana Carnevale da Silva, Davi Casale Aragon, Fabio da Veiga Ued, Mariana Moraes de Oliveira, Luciana Mara Monti Fonseca, Larissa Garcia Alves, Vanessa Silva Bomfim, Tania Maria Beltramini Trevilato, Mayara Condé Brondi Delácio, Cyntia Takeko Amorim Minakawa de Freitas, Viviane dos Santos Porto, Daniela de Castro Barbosa Leonello, Natalia de Paiva Martins, Heloisa Gasparini Marigheti Brassaro, Marisa Márcia Muyssi-Pinhata, José Simon Camelo Junior

>> Behaviour, Appetite and Obesity
The impact of exercise and cumulative physical activity on energy intake and diet quality in adults enrolled in the Midwest Exercise Trial for the Prevention of Weight Regain
Lauren T. Ptomey, Robert N. Montgomery, Anna M. Gorczyca, Amanda N. Szabo-Reed, Debra K. Sullivan, Mary Hastert, Rachel N.S. Foster, Richard A. Washburn, Joseph E. Donnelly