VERNON R. YOUNG (Chair), * ^†

Laboratory of Human Nutrition, School of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

JOHN W. ERDMAN, JR. (Vice Chair),

Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

JANET C. KING (Vice-Chair), *

U.S. Department of Agriculture Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Presidio of San Francisco

LINDSAY H. ALLEN,

Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis

STEPHANIE A. ATKINSON,

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

JOHANNA T. DWYER,

Frances Stern Nutrition Center, New England Medical Center and Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

JOHN D. FERNSTROM,

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

SCOTT M. GRUNDY, *

Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

CHARLES H. HENNEKENS,

Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

SANFORD A. MILLER,

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

LINDA MEYERS,

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

PETER W.F. FISCHER,

Nutrition Research Division, Health Protection Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

ALLISON A. YATES, Study Director

CAROL W. SUITOR, Senior Program Officer, Study Director (April 1997–July 1997)

SANDRA A. SCHLICKER, Senior Program Officer

SHEILA A. MOATS, Research Associate (April 1996–November 1996)