We are pleased to announce that the winning paper for the British Journal of Nutrition Paper of the Year Award 2020 is:

'Effects of prenatal exposure to the 1983–1985 Ethiopian great famine on the metabolic syndrome in adults: a historical cohort study'

We spoke to Dr Arage below about the win, and what is means to him:

'Primarily, I want to thank for those of you who were there for making the competition really and honestly. Having said this, I am highly delighted for the golden opportunity that I have recorded as a winner of this year paper competition on British Journal of Nutrition. Being a winner of this year competition inspires me to do more paper work in this regard. It also makes me proud and get great recognition from my colleagues and staff members of the institution whom I am working with, and it render me additional responsibility to look forward and keeps myself in the top position like what I have got now. Besides, as I am a young research scholar, I am looking for further research work on similar issues; the competition and the path that I went through the competition provides me great lesson for my career.'

'Once again, I am very proud being the winner of this competition, and I believe that I will have good communication and contact with you for further work.'

Dr Getachew Arage,

Congratulations to Dr Arage and his colleagues! 

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A note from the British Journal of Nutrition Editor-in-Chief on all Shortlisted Papers:

'I am delighted with the 12 papers that have been short-listed for this year's BJN Paper of the Year competition. These represent the breadth of our research coverage from investigations of the mechanisms of action of nutrients through to studies of the effects of nutrients, foods and dietary patterns on many aspects of health across the life-course. It's also very encouraging to see that our top papers illustrate the global reach of the BJN and include authors from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.'

John Mathers, Editor-in-Chief

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