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NEW Call for papers: Evidencing the Impact of Diet on Sports Performance

We are pleased to announce that BMC Nutrition and BMC Sports Science, Medicine, and Rehabilitation are now accepting submissions to a new cross-journal article collection covering basic and clinical research into how diet influences sport performance and exercise.

BMC Nutrition is recruiting new Editorial Board Members. More information below.

Indexing update

We are pleased to announce that BMC Nutrition has been accepted for indexing in ESCI, PubMed Central and Scopus. Journal content will be available to view in these indexing databases shortly.

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A longitudinal study of fruit juice consumption during preschool years and subsequent diet quality and BMI

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine determined through a longitudinal study that pre-school consumption of 100% fruit juice is associated with beneficial effects on fruit intake and diet quality without having any adverse effects on BMI during childhood and adolescence.

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Aims and scope

BMC Nutrition is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of nutritional sciences, including public health nutrition and global interventions, nutritional epidemiology, the biological underpinnings of nutrition in the body, clinical nutrition, health and nutrition throughout the lifecourse, and dietary supplementation for improvement in health and performance. The journal also welcomes papers on developments in nutritional research tools and novel technologies.

Peer Review Taxonomy

This journal is participating in a pilot of NISO/STM's Working Group on Peer Review Taxonomy, to identify and standardize definitions and terminology in peer review practices in order to make the peer review process for articles and journals more transparent. Further information on the pilot is available here.

The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

Identity transparency: Single anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

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Epidemiological characteristics of different patterns of obesity among adults in rural communities of south-east Nigeria: a population-based cross-sectional study

Authors: Rufina N. B. Ayogu, Mmesoma G. Ezeh and Elizabeth A. Udenta

Content type: Research 27 June 2022
Risk factors of anaemia among postpartum women in Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana

Authors: Anthony Wemakor, Alice Ziyaaba and Felix Yiripuo

Content type: Research 24 June 2022
Adherence to Mediterranean diet associated with health-related quality of life in children and adolescents: a systematic review

Authors: Milton A. Romero-Robles, Fabricio Ccami-Bernal, Zhamanda N. Ortiz-Benique, Diego F. Pinto-Ruiz, Vicente A. Benites-Zapata and Donovan Casas Patiño

Content type: Research 23 June 2022
Association between anthropometric criteria and body composition among children aged 6–59 months with severe acute malnutrition: a cross-sectional assessment from India

Authors: Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Praveen Kumar, Abner Daniel, Hemang Shah, Raja Sriswan, Arun Kokane, Aditya Mohapatra, Vivek Kashyap, Anil Kumar Goel, Virendra Kumar, Asha Kiran, N. Arlappa, Ankur Joshi, Rashmi Ranjan Nayak, Shikha Sayal and Arjan de Wagt

Content type: Research 23 June 2022
Anemia and its associated factor among adolescent school girls in GODEY and DEGEHABUR council Somali region, eastern Ethiopia

Authors: Abdirahman Ahmed and Abdulkarim Mohammed

Content type: Research 14 June 2022

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Household dietary diversity and associated factors among residents of finote selam town, north west Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Authors: Getnet Mekuria, Yalewsew Wubneh and Tilahun Tewabe

Content type: Research article 21 March 2017
Vitamin C ameliorates tetrahydrocannabinol-induced spermatotoxicity in-vitro

Authors: Abdullateef Isiaka Alagbonsi and Luqman Aribidesi Olayaki

Content type: Research article 24 November 2020
Nutrition knowledge, attitude and practices among urban primary school children in Nairobi City, Kenya: a KAP study

Authors: Dorcus Mbithe D. Kigaru, Cornelia Loechl, Thabisile Moleah, C. W. Macharia-Mutie and Zipporah W. Ndungu

Content type: Research article 29 December 2015
Weight-for-height and mid-upper-arm circumference should be used independently to diagnose acute malnutrition: policy implications

Authors: Emmanuel Grellety and Michael H. Golden

Content type: Research article 5 February 2016
The effect of Lactobacillus reuteri supplementation in Helicobacter pylori infection: a placebo-controlled, single-blind study

Authors: Martin Buckley, Sean Lacey, Andrea Doolan, Emily Goodbody and Kelly Seamans

Content type: Research article 7 December 2018

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Journal News Updates

NEW Call for papers: Evidencing the Impact of Diet on Sports Performance

Indexing update

Editor's Picks

A longitudinal study of fruit juice consumption during preschool years and subsequent diet quality and BMI

Spotlight On

High resolution biology

Aims and scope

Peer Review Taxonomy

Journal Editor

Assistant Editor

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BMC Series Blog

BMC Series Highlights Blog – February 2022

BMC Series Highlights Blog – January 2022

Introducing the BMC Series SDG Editorial Board Members: Biplab Kumar Datta

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Epidemiological characteristics of different patterns of obesity among adults in rural communities of south-east Nigeria: a population-based cross-sectional study

Risk factors of anaemia among postpartum women in Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana

Adherence to Mediterranean diet associated with health-related quality of life in children and adolescents: a systematic review

Association between anthropometric criteria and body composition among children aged 6–59 months with severe acute malnutrition: a cross-sectional assessment from India

Anemia and its associated factor among adolescent school girls in GODEY and DEGEHABUR council Somali region, eastern Ethiopia

Household dietary diversity and associated factors among residents of finote selam town, north west Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Vitamin C ameliorates tetrahydrocannabinol-induced spermatotoxicity in-vitro

Nutrition knowledge, attitude and practices among urban primary school children in Nairobi City, Kenya: a KAP study

Weight-for-height and mid-upper-arm circumference should be used independently to diagnose acute malnutrition: policy implications

The effect of Lactobacillus reuteri supplementation in Helicobacter pylori infection: a placebo-controlled, single-blind study

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