Editorials:

George L Blackburn

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: where nutrition meets medicine for the benefit of health
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 197-198. [Full Text]  

Dennis M Styne

A plea for prevention
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 199-200. [Full Text]  

Special Articles:

Robert E Olson

Nutrition and genetics: an expanding frontier: Robert H Herman Memorial Award in Clinical Nutrition Lecture, 2002
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 201-208. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Obesity and eating disorders:

Marleen A van Baak, Edgar van Mil, Arne V Astrup, Nick Finer, Luc F Van Gaal, Jannik Hilsted, Peter G Kopelman, Stephan Rössner, W Philip James, and Wim HM Saris

Leisure-time activity is an important determinant of long-term weight maintenance after weight loss in the Sibutramine Trial on Obesity Reduction and Maintenance (STORM trial)
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 209-214. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Leann L Birch, Jennifer Orlet Fisher, and Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison

Learning to overeat: maternal use of restrictive feeding practices promotes girls’ eating in the absence of hunger
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 215-220. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lipids:

Daniëlle AJM Kerckhoffs, Gerard Hornstra, and Ronald P Mensink

Cholesterol-lowering effect of ß-glucan from oat bran in mildly hypercholesterolemic subjects may decrease when ß-glucan is incorporated into bread and cookies
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 221-227. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nutritional status, dietary intake, and body composition:

Shankuan Zhu, ZiMian Wang, Wei Shen, Steven B Heymsfield, and Stanley Heshka

Percentage body fat ranges associated with metabolic syndrome risk: results based on the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988–1994)
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 228-235. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Winston WK Koo, Mouhanad Hammami, and Elaine M Hockman

Interchangeability of pencil-beam and fan-beam dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements in piglets and infants
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 236-240. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Energy and protein metabolism:

Christophe Faisy, Emmanuel Guerot, Jean-Luc Diehl, Jacques Labrousse, and Jean-Yves Fagon

Assessment of resting energy expenditure in mechanically ventilated patients
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 241-249. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Elena Volpi, Hisamine Kobayashi, Melinda Sheffield-Moore, Bettina Mittendorfer, and Robert R Wolfe

Essential amino acids are primarily responsible for the amino acid stimulation of muscle protein anabolism in healthy elderly adults
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 250-258. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals:

Guangwen Tang, Jian Qin, Gregory G Dolnikowski, and Robert M Russell

Short-term (intestinal) and long-term (postintestinal) conversion of ß-carotene to retinol in adults as assessed by a stable-isotope reference method
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 259-266. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Olga P Garcia, Margarita Diaz, Jorge L Rosado, and Lindsay H Allen

Ascorbic acid from lime juice does not improve the iron status of iron-deficient women in rural Mexico
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 267-273. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Meredith C Fidler, Lena Davidsson, Thomas Walczyk, and Richard F Hurrell

Iron absorption from fish sauce and soy sauce fortified with sodium iron EDTA
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 274-278. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Daniel López de Romaña, Bo Lönnerdal, and Kenneth H Brown

Absorption of zinc from wheat products fortified with iron and either zinc sulfate or zinc oxide
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 279-283. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pham Van Thuy, Jacques Berger, Lena Davidsson, Nguyen Cong Khan, Nguyen Thi Lam, James D Cook, Richard F Hurrell, and Ha Huy Khoi

Regular consumption of NaFeEDTA-fortified fish sauce improves iron status and reduces the prevalence of anemia in anemic Vietnamese women
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 284-290. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Pregnancy and lactation:

Michael S Kramer, Tong Guo, Robert W Platt, Zinaida Sevkovskaya, Irina Dzikovich, Jean-Paul Collet, Stanley Shapiro, Beverley Chalmers, Ellen Hodnett, Irina Vanilovich, Irina Mezen, Thierry Ducruet, George Shishko, and Natalia Bogdanovich

Infant growth and health outcomes associated with 3 compared with 6 mo of exclusive breastfeeding
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 291-295. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Olle Hernell and Bo Lönnerdal

Nutritional evaluation of protein hydrolysate formulas in healthy term infants: plasma amino acids, hematology, and trace elements
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 296-301. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Growth, development, and pediatrics:

El Hadji Issakha Diop, Nicole Idohou Dossou, Marie Madeleine Ndour, André Briend, and Salimata Wade

Comparison of the efficacy of a solid ready-to-use food and a liquid, milk-based diet for the rehabilitation of severely malnourished children: a randomized trial
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 302-307. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Benjamin Caballero, John H Himes, Timothy Lohman, Sally M Davis, June Stevens, Marguerite Evans, Scott Going, and Juanita Pablo

Body composition and overweight prevalence in 1704 schoolchildren from 7 American Indian communities
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 308-312. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hylco Bouwstra, DA Janneke Dijck-Brouwer, Jacqueline AL Wildeman, Hendrika M Tjoonk, Jolanda C van der Heide, E Rudy Boersma, Frits AJ Muskiet, and Mijna Hadders-Algra

Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids have a positive effect on the quality of general movements of healthy term infants
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 313-318. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

AIDS and other wasting syndromes:

Nicholas I Paton, Yau-Ming Ng, Cynthia BE Chee, Chandarika Persaud, and Alan A Jackson

Effects of tuberculosis and HIV infection on whole-body protein metabolism during feeding, measured by the [¹⁵N]glycine method
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 319-325. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Alcohol:

José M Nicolás, Gloria García, Francesc Fatjó, Emilio Sacanella, Ester Tobías, Eva Badía, Ramón Estruch, and Joaquim Fernández-Solà

Influence of nutritional status on alcoholic myopathy
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 326-333. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Louise I Mennen, Geneviève Potier de Courcy, Jean-Claude Guilland, Véronique Ducros, Marjorie Zarebska, Sandrine Bertrais, Alain Favier, Serge Hercberg, and Pilar Galan

Relation between homocysteine concentrations and the consumption of different types of alcoholic beverages: the French Supplementation with Antioxidant Vitamins and Minerals Study
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 334-338. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael F Leitzmann, Chung-Jyi Tsai, Meir J Stampfer, Eric B Rimm, Graham A Colditz, Walter C Willett, and Edward L Giovannucci

Alcohol consumption in relation to risk of cholecystectomy in women
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 339-347. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Letters to the Editor:

George M Owen

Body mass index and body fat
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 348. [Full Text]  

Shumei S Sun, Wei Wu, William Cameron Chumlea, and Alex F Roche

Reply to GM Owen
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 348-349. [Full Text]  

Jetson E Lincoln

Alternate Healthy Eating Index
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 349. [Full Text]  

Marjorie L McCullough and Walter C Willett

Reply to JE Lincoln
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 349-350. [Full Text]  

Robert P Heaney

Bone mineral content, not bone mineral density, is the correct bone measure for growth studies
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 350-351. [Full Text]  

Marjo KM Lehtonen-Veromaa, Timo T Möttönen, Ilpo O Nuotio, Jorma SA Viikari, Kerttu MA Irjala, and Aila E Leino

Reply to RP Heaney
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 351-352. [Full Text]  

Book Reviews:

Andrew L Waterhouse

Phytochemicals in Nutrition and Health: , edited by Mark S Meskin, Wayne R Bidlack, Audra J Davies, and Stanley T Omaye, 2002, 224 pages, hardcover, $109.95. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 353. [Full Text]  

Lars Berglund

Lipid Biochemistry: An Introduction: , 5th ed, edited by Michael I Gurr, John L Harwood, and Keith N Frayn, 2002, 320 pages, softcover, $56.99. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 353-354. [Full Text]  

Books Received:

Books Received
Am J Clin Nutr 2003 78: 355. [Full Text]  

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