Section Editorial Boards
Vitamins
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Editorial Office
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Peter Howe
Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, Sansom Institute for Health Research, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Australia
Tel. +618 8302 1200; Fax: +618 8302 2178
Website: http://www.unisa.edu.au/nutritional.physiology/
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Interests: role of diet and exercise in health optimisation - impact on cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors and elucidation of underlying mechanisms; development of an integrated approach (diet, lifestyle and drugs) to risk management; food sources and intake recommendations for omega-3 and other bioactive nutrients
Associate Editor
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Buckley
Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 5001
Tel. +618 8302 1853; Fax: +618 8302 2178
Website: http://www.unisa.edu.au/nutritional.physiology
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Interests: nutrition and exercise effects on cardiometabolic health; mental health; athletic performance and recovery
Assistant Editor
Ms. Alicia Li
MDPI Haidian Office, Yingu Mansion, Suite 815, North 4th Ring Road West, 9, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, China
Tel. +86 10 6280 0830
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Production Editor
Dr. Brietta Pike
MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel
Tel. +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
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Publisher
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
MDPI AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. Office: Kandererstrasse 25, 4057 Basel
Tel. +41 61 683 77 34; Fax: +41 61 302 89 18
Website: http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
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Editorial Board
Dr. Sean H. Adams
Research Physiologist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service Western Human Nutrition Research Center (WHNRC) Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition University of California,430 W. Health Sciences Dr., Davis, CA 95616 ,USA
Tel. +1 530 754 4417; Fax: +1 530 752 5271
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Interests: The etiology of obesity and related metabolic disorders such as diabetes. Research efforts explore which molecular markers and endocrine factors correlate with indices of metabolic health in human nutritional studies and in animal models of obesity, with a primary focus on fat cell physiology.
Prof. Dr. John J.B. Anderson
Department of Nutrition, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7461, USA
Tel. +1 919 966 7211; Fax: +1 919 966 7216
Website: http://www.sph.unc.edu/nutr
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Interests: nutrition and bone; nutrition and the metabolic syndrome; nutrition and renal function
Prof. Dr. Enrico Bignetti
Laboratory of Food Neurochemistry, Department of \"Animal Production, Veterinary Biotechnology, Food Quality and Safety\", Parma University, Via del Taglio 10, I-43100 Parma, Italy
Tel. +39 0521 032710; Fax: +39 0521 032611
Website: http://medvet.unipr.it/cgi-bin/campusnet/docenti.pl/Show?_id=bignetti
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Interests: food neurochemistry; food psycho-active effects; food science and technology
Prof. Dr. Jeffrey B. Blumberg
Jean Mayer USDA, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Tel. +1 617 556 3334; Fax: +1 617 556 3344
Website: http://hnrc.tufts.edu/1217253305306/HNRCA-Page-hnrca2w_1192109688832.html
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Interests: dietary antioxidants; chronic disease prevention
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Special Issue: Dietary Antioxidants
Dr. Werner Bonrath
DSM Nutritional Products, Research and Development, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 61 815 87 15; Fax: +41 61 687 21 17
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Interests: catalysis (general); vitamins (general); chemistry under non-classical conditions (ionic liquids; supercritical fluids; ultrasound and microwaves)
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In other journals:
Special Issue: Sonochemistry-organic synthesis
Special Issue: Ionic Liquids
Special Issue: Green Chemistry for Environment and Health
Prof. Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller
School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Tel. +61 2 9351 3759; Fax: +61 2 9351 6022
Website: http://www.mmb.usyd.edu.au/research/academic_profiles/jennieb.php
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Interests: all aspects of carbohydrates, including diet and diabetes; the glycemic index and insulin resistance
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Special Issue: Carbohydrates
Prof. Dr. David Cameron-Smith
Chair in Nutrition, Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Tel. +64 9 923 1336; Fax: +64 9 373 8763
Website: http://www.liggins.auckland.ac.nz
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Interests: the interplay between nutrition, genes and signalling pathways, particularly those related to muscle adaptation and responses to physical activity
Prof. Dr. Francesco Capozzi
BioNMR Laboratory, Campus of Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Piazza Goidanich, 60, I-47521 Cesena (FC), Italy
Tel. +39 0547 338105; Fax: +39 0547 382348
Website: http://www.francescocapozzi.it/
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Interests: metalloproteins; NMR spectroscopy; metabonomics; molecular profile of foodstuffs; substantial equivalence of GMOs; metal ions and nutrition; protein purification; molecular structure and biological function relationship
Contribution:
Special Issue: Foodomics 2009
Special Issue: Foodomics 2011
Dr. Karen Charlton
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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Interests: nutritional epidemiology; chronic disease; nutrition, health and ageing; food and nutrition monitoring; food security; micronutrient status of populations; dietary methodology
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Special Issue: Nutritional Epidemiology
Prof. Dr. Winston Craig
Department of Nutrition and Wellness, Marsh Hall 301C, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104-0210, USA
Tel. +1 269 471 3351
Website: http://www.andrews.edu/~wcraig/
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Interests: herbal therapies; health-promoting phytochemicals; cardiovascular disease; vegetarian diet
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Special Issue: Vegetarian Nutrition
Prof. Dr. Eric A. Decker
Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Chenoweth Laboratory, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
Tel. +1 413 545 1026; Fax: +1 413 545 1262
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Interests: lipid and antioxidant chemistry; bioactive lipids such as omega-3 fatty acids; functional foods and oxidative stability of nutrients
Prof. Dr. Frank R. Dunshea
Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, Melbourne School of Land and Environment, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
Tel. +6 138 344 7124; Fax: +6 141 233 2805
Website: http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person28608.html
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Interests: functional foods; anitoxidants; fatty acids; nutrigenomics; large animal models of human nutrition and obesity; selenium; swine; dairy and sheep
Dr. Bernard Faye
CIRAD-ES, TA C/dir B, Campus International de Baillarguet, UR "systèmes d'élevage et qualité des produits animaux", 34398 Montpellier Cedex, France
Tel. +33 4 67 59 37 03; Fax: +33 4 67 59 37 95
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Interests: mineral nutrition and metabolism in camel; mineral deficiency and toxicosis in camel; milk quality and minerals in milk
Dr. Vicki Flood
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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Interests: nutritional epidemiology; chronic disease; nutrition, health and ageing; food and nutrition monitoring; food security; micronutrient status of populations; nutrition and eye disease; dietary methodology
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Special Issue: Nutritional Epidemiology
Dr. Mark D. Haub
Human Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Human Nutrition, 127 Justin Hall, Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
Tel. +1 785 532 0170; Fax: +1 785 532 3132
Website: http://myprofile.cos.com/mdhaub
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Interests: evaluating lifestyle (diet and exercise) factors to increase insulin sensitive using randomized clinical trials; Specific areas include: dietary fiber and resistant starch; protein amount and source and diet supplements
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Special Issue: Dietary Fiber
Prof. Dr. Bengt Jeppsson
Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö Surgery Research Unit Hs 33, UMAS, Ingång 42, Kirurgi, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
Tel. +46 40 33 37 60
Website: http://www.med.lu.se/english/about_the_faculty/organisation/faculty_management
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Interests: gut inflammation; gut ecology; probiotics; nutrition and cancer
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Special Issue: Probiotics and Nutrition
Prof. Dr. Mark S. Kuhlenschmidt
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 2001 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana, IL 61802, USA
Tel. +1 217 333 9039; Fax: +1 217 244 7421
Website: http://vetmed.illinois.edu/faculty/path/kuhlensc.html
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Interests: microbial adhesion; host-pathogen interactions; infectious disease; apicomplexan parasites; nutriceuticals; receptor therapy; complex carbohydrate biochemistry; neoglycoconjugates; lipids (LPUFA)
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Special Issue: Nutriceuticals
Dr. Heather J. Leidy
Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, 204 Gwynn Hall, Columbia, MO 6521, USA
Tel. +1 573 882 0654
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Interests: hormonal control of appetite (with specific emphasis on ghrelin; PYY; GLP-1; CCK; leptin); diet and exercise interventions to prevent obesity; increased dietary protein; breakfast skipping; adolescents
Dr. Marc Lemay
Nutrilite Health Institute, 5600 Beach Boulevard, Buena Park, CA 90621, USA
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Interests: nutrients related to healthy longevity e.g. resveratrol; choline; carnitine; vitamin D; phytonutrients; treatment of subclinical vitamin and mineral deficiencies; ginkgo; essential fatty acids; botanical anti-inflammatory agents; nutrigenomics; metabolomics; microbiomics
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Special Issue: Vitamin D
Prof. Dr. Roger McDonald
Department of Nutrition, University of California, One Shields Ave. Davis, CA 95616, USA
Tel. +1 530 219 5941; Fax: +1 530 752 2628
Website: http://nutrition.ucdavis.edu/faculty/mcdonald.html
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Interests: role of nutrient metabolism on cellular aging; mitochondrial membrane control of energy metabolism during aging; mechanisms underlying increased life span induced by calorie restriction
Prof. Dr. Kelly Meckling
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Canada
Tel. +1 519 824 4120; Fax: +1 537 425 3728
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Interests: vitamin D; omega-3 fatty acids; cancer; cell differentiation; breast cell maturation; polyphenolics; phytochemicals; chemotherapy; cell signalling
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Special Issue: Polyphenolics
Prof. Dr. Barbara Meyer
School of Health Sciences, Metabolic Research Centre and Smart Foods Centre, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Tel. +61 2 4221 3459
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Interests: role of nutrients (e.g. omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) in health and disease including clinical intervention trials
Prof. Dr. Goran Molin
Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition, Lund University (LU), P.O. Box 123, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Tel. +46 46 2228327
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Interests: bacterial taxonomy, food spoilage, food associated pathogens, lactic acid fermentation of foods. bacterial flora of the gastro-intestinal tract, how different components of the resident bacteria affect the human health,probiotic effects on the well-being, how probiotics and the bacterialflora can interact with dietary phenolics to enhance physiological effects
Contribution:
Special Issue: Probiotics and Nutrition
Prof. Dr. Caryl Nowson
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University 221, Burwood Highway, Burwood Victoria 3125, Australia
Tel. +61 3 9251 7272; Fax: +61 3 9244 6017
Website: http://www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs/ens/staff/index.php?username=nowson
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Interests: dietary mineral and electrolytes; nutrition related to cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis; elderly nutrition
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dietary Salt and Human Health
Dr. Kristina Pentieva
School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster at Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA, UK
Tel. +44 28 703 246 75; Fax: +44 28 703 249 65
Website: http://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/k.pentieva.html
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Interests: micronutrient requirements and recommendations for intake in humans; B-vitamin status; homocysteine and disease; food folate: bioavailability; food folate analysis; food fortification; functional foods; micronutrients and antioxidant status; micronutrients and toxicity
Contribution:
Special Issue: Feature Papers for Vitamins
Dr. Peter Pribis
Department of Nutrition and Wellness, Andrews University, Marsh Hall 313, 8475 University Blvd, Berrien Springs, MI 49104 – 0210, USA
Tel. +1 269 471 3386; Fax: +1 269 471 3485
Website: http://www.andrews.edu/cas/nutrition/faculty/pribis_peter.html
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Interests: omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and cognition; vegetarian nutrition; lifestyles medicine; prevention and intervention of obesity; type-2 diabetes; heart disease
Dr. Valentina M. Remig
3408 Womack Way, Manhattan, KS 66503-2569, USA
Tel. +1 785 341 6801
Website: http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/foodsafety/p.aspx?tabid=52
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Interests: clinical nutrition; consumer food safety; nutrition education of health professionals and consumers; healthy aging research; Parkinson’s disease; cardiovascular health and trans fats
Contribution:
Special Issue: Nutrition and Aging
Dr. Samir Samman
Discipline of Nutrition & Metabolism, Room 475, School of Molecular & Microbial Biosciences, G08 University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Tel. +61 2 9351 2476 / 9351 6022
Website: http://www.mmb.usyd.edu.au/research/academic_profiles/ssamman.php
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Interests: human nutrition and health with research projects in the areas of diet and heart disease and nutrient requirements; nutraceuticals and environmental nutrition
Contribution:
Special Issue: Zinc in Health and Disease
Prof. Dr. Andrew Scholey
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University Victoria 3122, Melbourne, Australia
Tel. +61 392 148932; Fax: +61 392 145525
Website: http://www.scholeylab.com
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Interests: neurocognitive and mood effects of nutrition and nutraceuticals; cognition enhancing and anti-stress effects of natural medicines; blood glucose and cognitive function; neurocognitive effects of recreational drug use; use of novel platforms (internet, PDAs, mobile phone) for assessing mood state and cognitive performance
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Special Issue: Cognitive Benefits of Nutrients
Prof. Dr. Won O. Song
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Director, Food and Nutrient Database Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Tel. +1 517 355 8474 (Ext 109)
Website: https://www.msu.edu/~fshn/faculty/song.html
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Interests: food consumption behaviors in relation to chronic diseases; dietary patterns and health risks at the national and international settings; biomarkers and predictors for nutritional status in large populations with emphasis on the subgroups at risk; national nutrition surveys and its application in research; nutrition education – theories and application of technology
Prof. Dr. Sean Strain
University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, UK
Tel. +4428 70324795; Fax: +4428 70323023
Website: http://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/jj.strain.html
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Interests: maternal fish consumption; foetal nutrition; B vitamins and homocysteine metabolism
Dr. James H. Swain
Case Western Reserve University, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, SOM WG-48, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Tel. +1 216 368 8554; Fax: +1 216 368 6644
Website: http://www.case.edu/med/nutrition/fac/primary/swain.html
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Interests: the role of dietary iron and iron status on intestinal tumorigenesis; using immunohistochemistry; proteomics and gene expression analysis; iron bioavailability and food fortification using different forms of dietary iron
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dietary Iron
Prof. Dr. Tsunenobu Tamura
Professor Emeritus, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-3360, USA
Website: http://main.uab.edu/Shrp/Default.aspx?pid=119303
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Interests: folate metabolism; trace element nutrition; inborn errors of metabolism
Contribution:
Special Issue: Folate Metabolism and Nutrition
Dr. Margarita Teran-Garcia
Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, 445 Bevier Hall, MC-182, 905 S Goodwin Avenue. Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
Tel. +1 217 244 2025; Fax: +1 217 265 0925
Website: http://fshn.illinois.edu/people/margarita_teran-garcia
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Interests: nutrigenetics; the role of genetic and environmental influences on the development of obesity and related diseases; childhood obesity prevention; obesity; diabetes; insulin resistance; polyunsaturated fatty acids
Prof. Dr. Zeynep Ustunol
Michigan State University, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 2105 S. Anthony Hall, E. Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Tel. +1 517 355 7713 ext. 184; Cell phone: +1 517 582 1051; Fax: +1 517 353 1676
Website: http://fshn.msu.edu/directory/facultyUstunol.html
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Interests: pre- and probiotics and immune modulation by probiotic bacteria, yogurt and other fermented dairy foods; milk, milk proteins and bioactive components derived from milk; soy; soy isoflavones and health
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dairy Nutrients
Dr. Silke Vogel
Columbia University, Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition, 650 W 168th Street, Black Blg Room 804 New York, NY 10032, USA
Tel. +1 212 305 0062
Website: http://cumc.columbia.edu/dept/ihn/faculty/silkevogel.html
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Interests: vitamin A; retinoids; adipose tissue; adipogenesis; adipocyte differentiation; cellular retinoid binding proteins; lactation; vitamin A metabolism; obesity; insulin resistance; fatty acids
Dr. Wendy E. Ward
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tel. +1 416 946 7366; Fax: +1 416 978 5882
Website: http://www.utoronto.ca/nutrisci/faculty/Ward/
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Interests: soy isoflavones and early programming of bone metabolism; role of phytoestrogens and omega-3 fatty acids in bone health
Contribution:
Special Issue: Isoflavones and Lignans
Prof. Dr. Margriet Westerterp
Department of Human Biology, Nutrim, and Wageningen Centre of Food Sciences, Maastricht University, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Website: http://www.nutrim.unimaas.nl/contentuk/personal_pages/W/0101westerterp-plantenga.html
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Interests: dietary protein and thermogenic foods; and their metabolic effects in relation to body weight regulation; aetiology of obesity in children; and subject-specific treatment of overweight in adults; including the significance of genetic background; i.e. relevant polymorphisms; food intake regulation and neuroscience; i.e. neuro-endocrinology combined with brain imaging
Contribution:
Special Issue: Dietary Protein and Metabolism
Prof. Dr. Susan J. Whiting
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, 110 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, Canada S7N 5C9, Canada
Tel. +1 306 9665837
Website: http://www.usask.ca/pharmacy-nutrition/directory/details.php?id=391
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Interests: nutrient requirements for bone health; dietary assessment and population health
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Special Issue: Dietary Calcium
Dr. Lynda M. Williams
Metabolic Health Group, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Greenburn Road, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, UK
Tel. +44 (0)1224 716682; Fax: +44 (0)1224 716686
Website: http://www.rowett.ac.uk/divisions/omh/l_williams.html
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Interests: inflammation and obesity; role of dietary anti-inflammatories in improving metabolic health
Contribution:
Special Issue: Obesity, Nutrition and Dietetics
Prof. Dr. Maija H. Zile
208 G.M.Trout Bldg, Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Tel. +1 517 355 8474 ext. 127
Website: http://www.msu.edu/~zile/index.htm
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Interests: function and metabolism of vitamin A / retinoic acid at cellular and molecular levels; function during embryonic development, particularly cardiovascular development; vitamin A and enviornmental pollutants; vitamins and cancer
Contribution:
Special Issue: Vitamin A Update
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