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.

>> Metabolism and Metabolic Studies
a. The Mini Nutritional Assessment combined with body fat for detecting the risk of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in metabolic syndrome
Chi-Hua Yen, Yi-Wen Lee, Wei-Jung Chang, Ping-Ting Lin

b. Association of the short-chain fatty acid levels and dietary quality with type 2 diabetes: a case–control study based on Henan Rural Cohort
Jia Li, Yuqian Li, Shuhua Zhang, Chongjian Wang, Zhenxing Mao, Wenqian Huo, Tianyu Yang, Yan Li, Wenguo Xing, Linlin Li

c. Association between dietary macronutrient composition and plasma one-carbon metabolites and B-vitamin cofactors in patients with stable angina pectoris
Marianne Bråtveit, Anthea Van Parys, Thomas Olsen, Elin Strand, Ingvild Marienborg, Johnny Laupsa-Borge, Teresa Risan Haugsgjerd, Adrian McCann, Indu Dhar, Per Magne Ueland, Jutta Dierkes, Simon Nitter Dankel, Ottar Kjell Nygård, Vegard Lysne

>> Human and Clinical Nutrition
a. Nutritional composition of ultra-processed plant-based foods in the out-of-home environment: a multi-country survey with plant-based burgers
R. E. Vellinga, H. L. Rippin, B. G. Gonzales, E. H. M. Temme, C. Farrand, A. Halloran, B. Clough, K. Wickramasinghe, M. Santos, T. Fontes, M. J. Pires, A. C. Nascimento, S. Santiago, H. E. Burt, M. K. Brown, K. H. Jenner, R. Alessandrini, A. M. Marczak, R. Flore, Y. Sun, C. Motta

b. Comparison of international height and BMI-for-age growth references and their correlation with adiposity in Brazilian schoolchildren
Mariane Helen de Oliveira, Roberto Fernandes da Costa, Mauro Fisberg, Luiz Fernando Martins Kruel, Wolney Lisboa Conde

c. Delivery of a telehealth supported home exercise program with dietary advice to increase plant-based protein intake in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a 12-week randomised controlled feasibility trial
Christine L. Freer, Elena S. George, Sze-Yen Tan, Gavin Abbott, Robin M. Daly

d. Delivery of a telehealth supported home exercise program with dietary advice to increase plant-based protein intake in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a 12-week randomised controlled feasibility trial
Christine L. Freer, Elena S. George, Sze-Yen Tan, Gavin Abbott, Robin M. Daly

e. Effects of physical form of β-lactoglobulin and calcium ingestion on GLP-1 secretion, gastric emptying and energy intake in humans: a randomised crossover trial
Jonathan D. Watkins, Harry A. Smith, Aaron Hengist, Søren B. Nielsen, Ulla Ramer Mikkelsen, John Saunders, Francoise Koumanov, James A. Betts, Javier T. Gonzalez

>> Scoping Review
Salivary iodide status as a measure of whole body iodine homoeostasis?
Eatedal Eenizan Alsaeedi, Peter Rose, Simon J. M. Welham

>> Policy-Relevant Paper
Nature of the evidence base and approaches to guide nutrition interventions for individuals: a position paper from the Academy of Nutrition Sciences
Mary Hickson, Constantina Papoutsakis, Angela M Madden, Mary Anne Smith, Kevin Whelan

>> Policy-Relevant Paper
Nature of the evidence base and approaches to guide nutrition interventions for individuals: a position paper from the Academy of Nutrition Sciences

>> Obituary
Professor William Philip Trehearne James, FRSE FMedSci CBE (1938–2023)
Paul Trayhurn

>> Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology
a. Spicy food consumption reduces the risk of ischaemic stroke: a prospective study
Jiale Li, Changping Xie, Jian Lan, Jinxue Tan, Xiaoping Tan, Ningyu Chen, Liuping Wei, Jiajia Liang, Rong Pan, Tingping Zhu, Pei Pei, Dianjianyi Sun, Li Su, Lifang Zhou

b. High starch intake favours body weight control in neutered and spayed cats living in homes fed ad libitum
Camila Goloni, Letícia G. Pacheco, Letícia W. Luis, Stephanie S. Theodoro, Lucas B. Scarpim, Daniela Dalpubel, Meire Gallo Rosenburg, Isabelle C. Jeusette, Celina Torre, Gener T. Pereira, Aulus C. Carciofi

c. The association between dietary patterns and disease severity in patients with ulcerative colitis
Mohammad Reza Amini, Zeinab Khademi, Marieh Salavatizadeh, Niloufar Rasaei, Nasser Ebrahimi-Daryani, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, Azita Hekmatdoost

d. Interplay between polygenic variants related immune response and lifestyle factors mitigate the chances of stroke in a genome-wide association study
Sunmin Park