The focus of the journal is to highlight original scientific articles on nutrition research, policy analyses, and state-of-the-art summaries relating to multidisciplinary efforts to alleviate the problems of hunger and malnutrition in the developing world.
Since its inception in 1978, the FNB has encouraged developing country authorship and offers page charge waivers for eligible scientists.
The FNB also serves as the principal outlet for the publication of reports of working groups and other activities of organizations such as United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) and its Advisory Group on Nutrition, the the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations University (UNU), the World Bank, the World Food Programme (WFP), and other organizations that have an interest in food and nutrition.
The FNB remains committed to its original goal of disseminating the journal as widely as possible to eligible researchers and educators, and relies on corporate and foundation funding to help offset the editorial costs and subsidize subscriptions and page charges. 

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Noel Solomons
Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and Metabolism (CeSSIAM), Guatemala City, Guatemala
Senior Associate Editor
Dr. Irwin H. Rosenberg
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Associate Editors
Dr. Barbara A. Bowman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services (Ret.), USA
Dr. Beatrice Lorge Rogers
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Managing Editor
Dr. Corey O'Hara
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Editorial Board
Dr. Lindsay Allen
USDA, ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Dr. Erick Boy-Gallego
HarvestPlus-International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
Dr. Saskia de Pee
United World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
Dr. Cutberto Garza
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Dr. Shibani Ghosh
Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Lawrence Haddad
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Davidson H. Hamer
Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Sonja Y. Hess
Program in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Dr. Anna Lartey
University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, West Africa, Ghana
Dr. Reynaldo Martorell
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Dr. Ellen Messer
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University / Department of Gastronomy and Food Studies, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Simin Nikbin Meydani
Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Dr. Lynette M. Neufeld
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Akoto Osei
Department of Social Affairs, African Union Commission, Ethiopia
Dr. Helena Pachon
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Dr. Gretel H. Pelto
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Dr. Karen Peterson
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Dr. Jorge L. Rosado
University of Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Dr. Susan C. Scrimshaw
Co-Chair, Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation
Geoffry Smith
Essential Micronutrients Foundation, Singapore
Dr. Sherry A. Tanumihardjo
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Dr. Sherry A. Tanumihardjo
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Dr. Aron M. Troen
Institute of Biochemistry Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Ricardo Uauy
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Dr. Emorn Udomkesmalee
Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Dr. Keith P. West, Jr.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Dr. Helen Young
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA