Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 915-924 , October 2010

In the face of contradictory evidence: Report of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee

  • Adele H. Hite, M.A.T.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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  • Richard David Feinman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +718-270-2252; fax: +718-270-3316.
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  • Gabriel E. Guzman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Science Department, Triton College, River Grove, Illinois, USA
    • ,
  • Morton Satin, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Salt Institute, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • Pamela A. Schoenfeld, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
    • ,
  • Richard J. Wood, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Exercise Science and Sport Studies Department, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 915-924 , October 2010

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