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
Selenium deficiency-induced high concentration of reactive oxygen species restricts hypertrophic growth of skeletal muscle in juvenile zebrafish by suppressing TORC1-mediated protein synthesis
Li Wang, Jiaojiao Yin, Chenlei Liao, Rui Cheng, Feifei Chen, Haodong Yu, Xuezhen Zhang

>> Metabolism and Metabolic Studies
Intestinal absorption of D-fructose isomers, D-allulose, D-sorbose and D-tagatose, via glucose transporter type 5 (GLUT5) but not sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1) in rats
Kunihiro Kishida, Tetsuo Iida, Takako Yamada, Yukiyasu Toyoda

>> Human and Clinical Nutrition
a. Weight loss associated with low-energy diets with different glycaemic loads does not improve arterial stiffness: a randomised clinical trial
Lisiane Perin, Isadora G. Camboim, Cláudia D. Schneider, Alexandre M. Lehnen

b. The effect of traditional diet on glucose homoeostasis in carriers and non-carriers of a common TBC1D4 variant in Greenlandic Inuit: a randomised crossover study
Jack Ivor Lewis, Mads Vendelbo Lind, Grith Møller, Torben Hansen, Hanne Pedersen, Marie Mathilde Bjerg Christensen, Jens Christian Laursen, Sara Nielsen, Charlotte B. Ottendahl, Christina V. Lytken Larsen, Ken D. Stark, Peter Bjerregaard, Marit E. Jørgensen, Lotte Lauritzen

c. The study of bioavailability and endogenous circadian rhythm of menaquinone-7, a form of vitamin K2, in healthy subjects
Fan Du, Min Yan, Lili Duan, Guolong Xie, Xiuhua Yao, Wenjing Hu, Yu Liu, Min Meng, Jiepeng Chen, Di Shao

d. Effects of preoperative nutritional status on postoperative quality of recovery: a prospective observational study
Yuki Kinugasa, Mitsuru Ida, Shohei Nakatani, Kayo Uyama, Masahiko Kawaguchi

e. Habitual fish consumption and healthy lifestyle behaviours may be associated with higher total serum bilirubin level and anti-inflammatory activity: a cross-sectional study
Shigemasa Tani, Wataru Atsumi, Kazuhiro Imatake, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Tsukasa Yagi, Atsuhiko Takahashi, Naoya Matsumoto, Yasuo Okumura

f. Investigation of the functions of n-3 very-long-chain PUFAs in skin using in vivo Atlantic salmon and in vitro human and fish skin models
Martina Torrissen, Elisabeth Ytteborg, Harald Svensen, Iren Stoknes, Astrid Nilsson, Tone-Kari Østbye, Gerd Marit Berge, Marta Bou, Bente Ruyter

>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology
a. Inverse correlations between serum carotenoids and respiratory morbidity and mortality: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Ruiming Yang, Ziteng Cao, Xin Liu, Mengjie Xiao, Mengyao Li, Yunyan Chen, Luyao Chen, Changhao Sun, Xia Chu, Qiang Ren, Wei Wei

b. A simple fruit and vegetable score is a valid tool to assess actual fruit and vegetable intake
Giulia Pastori, Inge D. Brouwer, Edith J. M. Feskens, Le Thi Huong, Folake O. Samuel, Le Thi Thanh Xuan, Oluyemisi F. Shittu, Toluwalope E. Eyinla, Elise F. Talsma

c. Expansion of an Australian food composition database to estimate plant and animal intakes
Jordan Stanford, Sarah McMahon, Kelly Lambert, Karen E. Charlton, Anita Stefoska-Needham

d. Association of fructose consumption with prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders manifestations: results from Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS)
Theodoros Smiliotopoulos, Antonis Zampelas, George Houliaras, Spiros N. Sgouros, George Michas, George Bamias, Demosthenes Panagiotakos, Nikolaos Cholopoulos, George P. Chrousos, Eleftheria Roma, Emmanuella Magriplis

e. Maternal magnesium intake and childhood wheezing in offspring at 3 years of age: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Tsuyoshi Murata, Hyo Kyozuka, Toma Fukuda, Karin Imaizumi, Hirotaka Isogami, Shun Yasuda, Akiko Yamaguchi, Akiko Sato, Yuka Ogata, Kosei Shinoki, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Seiji Yasumura, Koichi Hashimoto, Hidekazu Nishigori, Keiya Fujimori, The Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group

f. Maternal nutrition during mid-pregnancy and children’s body composition at 7 years of age in the SELMA study
Katherine Svensson, Chris Gennings, Lars Hagenäs, Alicja Wolk, Niclas Håkansson, Sverre Wikström, Carl-Gustaf Bornehag

>> Innovative Techniques
Validation of resonance Raman spectroscopy-measured skin carotenoid status as a biomarker for fruit and vegetable intake in Korean adults
Seoeun Ahn, Sungmo Ahn, Hyeongseok Jang, Kunsun Eom, Yoon Jae Kim, Jeong-Eun Hwang, Ji In Chung, Jin-Young Park, Sunghyun Nam, Yoon-Ho Choi, Hyojee Joung

>> Behaviour, Appetite and Obesity
a. Temporal patterns of energy intake identified by the latent class analysis in relation to prevalence of overweight and obesity in Iranian adults
Ahmad Jayedi, Mahdi Shafiei Neyestanak, Kurosh Djafarian, Sakineh Shab-Bidar

b. Effect of an mHealth weight loss intervention on Healthy Eating Index diet quality: the SMARTER randomised controlled trial
Jessica Cheng, Tina Costacou, Susan M. Sereika, Molly B. Conroy, Bambang Parmanto, Bonny Rockette-Wagner, Andrea M. Kriska, Mary Lou Klem, Lora E. Burke

>> Erratum
Dietary intake of branched-chain amino acids and pancreatic cancer risk in a case-control study from Italy – ERRATUM
Marta Rossi, Federica Turati, Panagiota Strikoudi, Monica Ferraroni, Maria Parpinel, Diego Serraino, Eva Negri, Carlo La Vecchia

>> Addendum
Graphical abstracts in British Journal of Nutrition – ADDENDUM