Current Developments in Nutrition is a peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing original research articles; brief communications; reports on research methodology and study design; commentaries and reviews that strive to briskly review, publish, and disseminate high-quality research in nutritional sciences.

Current Developments in Nutrition is an official monthly publication of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and focuses on multiple animal species and ranges from deep, mechanistic studies at molecular/biochemical and cellular levels to whole-body metabolism, clinical health, fitness, and population health. Areas of new and added emphasis include: food and nutrition policy; eating behavior and qualitative assessments; implementation science and intervention program methods and outcomes; evaluation/validation studies of dietary/nutrition methods; human food and animal feed composition; agricultural and food-system methods affecting nutritional value; processing, packaging, and storage effects on nutritional value; animal nutrition (e.g., agricultural and companion animals and aquaculture); nutrition education; nutrition and exercise physiology; food & nutrition of Indigenous peoples.