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
Dietary palm oil enhances Sterol regulatory element-binding protein 2-mediated cholesterol biosynthesis through inducing endoplasmic reticulum stress in muscle of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea)
Zengqi Zhao, Baolin Li, Qiang Chen, Xiaojun Xiang, Xiang Xu, Shangzhe Han, Wencong Lai, Yueru Li, Wei Xu, Kangsen Mai, Qinghui Ai

>> Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Effect of probiotics on postmenopausal bone health: a preclinical meta-analysis
Shibani Bose, Kunal Sharan

>> Metabolism and Metabolic Studies
a. Sex differences in iron status during military training: a prospective cohort study of longitudinal changes and associations with endurance performance and musculoskeletal outcomes
Thomas J. O’Leary, Sarah Jackson, Rachel M. Izard, Neil P. Walsh, Charlotte V. Coombs, Alexander T. Carswell, Samuel J. Oliver, Jonathan C. Y. Tang, William D. Fraser, Julie P. Greeves

b. Effects of epicatechin on cardiovascular function in middle-aged diet-induced obese rat models of metabolic syndrome
Kylie Connolly, Romeo Batacan, Jr, Douglas Jackson, Andrew Stuart Fenning

>> Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Effects of diets containing fish oils or fish oil concentrates with high cetoleic acid content on the circulating cholesterol concentration in rodents. A systematic review and meta-analysis
Margrete Mjaatveit, Helle Oldernes, Oddrun Anita Gudbrandsen

>> Research Article
Fat-free mass may play a dominant role in the association between systolic blood pressure and body composition in children and adolescents
Shikai Yu, Song Zhao, Jiamin Tang, Yifan Zhao, Chong Xu, Moran Li, Yawei Xu, Yi Zhang

>> Developmental Biology
Diet and deprivation in pregnancy: a rat model to investigate the effects of the maternal diet on the growth of the dam and its offspring
Halil Dasgin, Susan M. Hay, William D. Rees

>> Nutritional Endocrinology
a. High-dose cholecalciferol supplementation to obese infertile men is sufficient to reach adequate vitamin D status
Rune Holt, Mads Joon Jorsal, Sam Kafai Yahyavi, Simeng Qin, Anders Juul, Niels Jørgensen, Martin Blomberg Jensen

b. The effect of Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Okra) extract supplementation on glycaemic control, inflammation, kidney function and expression of PPAR-α, PPAR-γ, TGF-β and Nrf-2 genes in patients with diabetic nephropathy: a triple-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
Omid Nikpayam, Maryam Saghafi-Asl, Ehsan Safaei, Nazgol Bahreyni, Vahideh Sadra, Parina Asgharian

>> Human and Clinical Nutrition
Efficacy and safety of n-3 fatty acids supplementation on depression: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Reyhane Norouziasl, Sheida Zeraattalab-Motlagh, Ahmad Jayedi, Sakineh Shab-Bidar

>> Review
Increasing fibre intake in the UK: lessons from the Danish Whole Grain Partnership
Neil Bernard Boyle, Katie Adolphus, Samantha J. Caton, Fiona C. Croden, Louise Dye, Amy Glass, Kate Halliwell, Gitte L. Hansen, Lotte Holm, Peter Jackson, Fiyin Makinwa, Bente Stærk, Nicholas Wilkinson

>> Research Article
Characterisation of Indian gut microbiome for B-vitamin production and its comparison with Chinese cohort
Nisha Chandel, Pramod R. Somvanshi, Vivek Thakur

>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology
a.Mental health in society’s margins: poor n-3 PUFA intake and psychological well-being of homeless youth
Sarah Beth Dunn, Tonya S. Orchard, Rebecca Andridge, Susan M. Rymut, Natasha Slesnick, Irene E. Hatsu

b. Ten2Twenty-Ghana: a randomised controlled trial on the efficacy of multiple micronutrient-fortified biscuits on the micronutrient status of adolescent girls
Fusta Azupogo, Abdul-Razak Abizari, Edith J. M. Feskens, Hans Verhoef, Inge D. Brouwer

c. Associations of childhood diet quality scores with arterial stiffness and carotid artery intima-media thickness in adolescence/early adulthood: findings from the ALSPAC cohort
Genevieve Buckland, Kate Northstone, Pauline M. Emmett, Caroline M. Taylor

>> Corrigendum
Dietary palmitic acid to oleic acid ratio modulates energy metabolism and biological rhythms in young healthy Japanese males – CORRIGENDUM
Katsuhiko Yajima, Shuto Chiba, Insung Park, Hitomi Ogata, Momoko Kayaba, Asuka Ishihara, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Zhang Simeng, Seol Jaehoon, Masanori Katakura, Kumpei Tokuyama