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Conflict of Interest Statements for AJCN Editors

Steven Abrams

Dr Abrams is a member of the Beverage Institute for Health and Wellness, an Institute that serves in an advisory capacity for the Coca-Cola Company on matters of science, nutrition, and health.
Dr Abrams is a consultant for Martek Biosciences Corporation related to the use of its products in human nutrition.
Dr Abrams, as a scientific investigator, receives funds from Abbott Laboratories for research involving infant nutrition. He also receives speaking fees from the Company’s Ross Products Division for lectures related to feeding premature infants.
Dr Abrams, as a scientific investigator, receives funds from Bristol-Myers Squibb (Mead-Johnson Nutritionals) for research studies involving infant nutrition.
Dr Abrams is a member of the Advisory Board for the Milk Processors Educational Program (MilkPEP), serving in an advisory capacity related to matters of science, nutrition, and health.
Dr Abrams is a nutritional consultant for GlaxoSmithKline.

Dennis Bier

Dr Bier is a member of the ConAgra Foods Scientific Advisory Board whose function is to provide guidance to the company on matters of science, nutrition, and health.
Dr Bier is a member of the Mars Scientific Advisory Council that provides scientific advice to the company on advances, opportunities and barriers to progress in human and animal health and nutrition research, plant sciences and sustainability, and other relevant areas of research.
Dr Bier is a member of the McDonald’s Global Advisory Council. In this role, he advises McDonald’s on issues of nutrition science and well-being. He will accept no compensation for his participation in the Council.
Dr Bier is Chairman of the Board of the International Life Sciences Institute Research Foundation, a public, non-profit scientific foundation. The Foundation supports basic and applied research programs, professional education forums and publications that relate to food and nutrition and to critical scientific issues in health promotion and risk assessment. The Foundation’s activities are supported by both public and industry funds. Dr Bier receives no compensation for his Board activities.

Barbara Bowman

None

Naomi Fukagawa

None

Jonathan Gitlin

None

David Klurfeld

Dr Klurfeld is a member of the Unilever North America Scientific Advisory Board whose function is to provide guidance to the company on matters of science, nutrition, and health.
Dr Klurfeld is a nutrition consultant to Dyets, Inc, a manufacturer of diets for laboratory animals.
Dr Klurfeld is a member of the American Council on Science and Health Board of Scientific and Policy Advisors whose function is to provide advice and review of statements developed by the organization. This is a noncompensated position.
Dr Klurfeld is a member of a GRAS panel sponsored by Cognis Corporation and Lipid Nutrition BV to evaluate the safety of conjugated linoleic acid for addition to food.

Eric Rimm

Dr Rimm, as an investigator, receives research funds from GlaxoSmithKline and Merck Research Laboratories for the investigation of nonnutritional biomarkers of cardiovascular disease.
Dr Rimm, as an investigator, receives research funds from Sanofi-Aventis for the investigation of obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Dr Rimm has received speaking fees from the Culinary Institute of America, International Corporate Chefs Association, Conxemar, and the Nutrition Foundation of Italy.

Frank Sacks

Dr Sacks does not have financial relations (consulting, speaking fees, or research grants) with the food industry.
Dr Sacks has financial relations with pharmaceutical companies regarding drugs and devices to treat hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. He serves as a consultant for Abbott Laboratories; Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Johnson and Johnson; Eli Lilly and Co; Lipid Sciences, Inc; NicOx SA; Novartis AG; and Solvay SA. He also receives speaking fees from Abbott, Novartis, and Solvay and holds stock in Lipid Sciences.