Contributors
Machiko Aoki, MD, PhD  Department of Pediatrics, Aoki
Clinic of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine &
Pediatrics, Fukuoka, Japan.
Inmaculada Bautista-Castaño, MD, PhD  Department of
Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Biomedical Research
Center Network on Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn)
Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of
Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Paolo Bertassello, MD  Division of Geriatric Medicine,
University of Verona, Ospedale Maggiore, Verona, Italy.
Stephan C. Bischoff, MD, Prof.  Institute of Nutritional
Medicine, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
Rafael Calpena, MD, PhD  Department of Surgery, Bariatric
Surgery Unit, General University Hospital Elche, Alicante,
Spain.
Eric Campbell  Department of Nutrition and Food Science,
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Raquel Canuto, PhD  Department of Nutrition, University of
Vale do Rios dos Sinos, RS, Brazil.
Department of Nutrition, University of Caxias do Sul, RS,
Brazil.
Thomas W. Castonguay, PhD  Department of Nutrition and
Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD,
USA.
Karine Clément, MD, PhD  Institute of Cardiometabolism
and Nutrition, ICAN, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital; Assistance
Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, CRNH-Ile de France, Paris,
France.
Anderson da Silva Garcez, MD  Postgraduate Program in
Collective Health, University of Vale do Rios dos Sinos, RS,
Brazil.
Antje Damms-Machado, PhD Institute of Nutritional
Medicine, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
Roberta D’Aniello, MD  Department of Medicine and
Surgery, Medical School of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Giuseppe D’Antona, MD, PhD  Department of Molecular
Medicine and the Laboratory for the Study of Motor
Activities in Rare Diseases, University of Pavia, Voghera,
Italy.
Sylwia Dzięgielewska-Gęsiak Department of Internal
Diseases, Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland.
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Magdy El-Salhy, MD, PhD  Section for Gastroenterology,
Department of Medicine, Stord Helse-Fonna Hospital,
Norway.
Section for Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Medicine,
University of Bergen, Norway.
Francesco Fantin, MD, PhD Division of Geriatric
Medicine, University of Verona, Ospedale Maggiore,
Verona, Italy.
Laura E. Finch, B.S. Cornell University  Department of
Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Carmine Finelli, MD, PhD  INT “Fondazione Pascale” -
Cancer Research Center of Mercogliano, Mercogliano (AV),
Italy.
Gershon Fink, MD  Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
Yuya Fujishima, MD  Department of Metabolic Medicine,
Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka,
Japan.
Marta Garaulet, PhD, Full Professor of Phys­ iology, 
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of
Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Danijela Gasevic, MD Department of Biomedical
Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Eliana Geller  Department of Nutrition and Food Science,
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Sonia Gómez-Martínez, PhD, Research officer Department
of Metabolism and Nutrition, Institute of Food Science,
Technology and Nutrition, Spanish National Research
Council, Madrid, Spain.
Doris Gundersen, PhD  Department of Research, Helse-
Fonna, Haugesund, Norway.
Martin Hagger  School of Public Health; Curtin Health
Innovation Research Institute; Curtin University of
Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Takashi Hamajima, MD  Department of Endocrinology and
Metabolism, Aichi Children’s Health and Medical Center,
Motiokamachi, Obu, Aichi, Japan.
Jan Gunnar Hatlebakk, MD, PhD Section for
Gastroenterology, Institute of Medicine, University of
Bergen, Norway.
Trygve Hausken, MD, PhD  Section for Gastroenterology,
Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen,
Norway.
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Section for Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine,
Haukland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Suleen Ho, PhD, Hons  School of Public Health, Curtin
Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of
Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Lyndsey M. Hornbuckle, PhD, RD  Department of Exercise
Science and Sport Management, Kennesaw State University,
Kennesaw, Georgia, USA.
Masashi Hosokawa  Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido
University, Hakodate, Japan.
Samantha M. Hudgins  Department of Nutrition and Food
Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Gary R. Hunter, PhD  Department of Human Studies,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama, USA.
Monica Jane, BSc  School of Public Health, Curtin Health
Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of
Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
J. Philip Karl, MS, RD  Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition
Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boson, MA,
USA.
Nadia Khan MD, MSc  Department of Medicine, University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Simi Kohli, MD, MSc  Department of Biomedical Physiology
and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British
Columbia, Canada.
Teresa Kokot, MD, PhD  Department of Internal Diseases,
Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland.
Pascal Laurant, PhD  Laboratoire Pharm-Ecologie Cardio­
vasculaire, UFRip Sciences Technologies Santé, Université
d’Avignon et des Pays du Vaucluse, Avignon, France.
Scott A. Lear, PhD  Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser
University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Marie-Ève Leblanc, RN, MSc Faculty of Pharmacy,
Université Laval and Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie
et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec,
Canada.
Myoungsook Lee, PhD  Department of Food and Nutrition,
and Research Institute of Obesity Sciences, Sungshin
Women’s University, Seoul, Korea.
Zecharia Madar  Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
Norikazu Maeda, MD, PhD  Department of Metabolic
Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University,
Osaka, Japan.
Ascensión Marcos Department of Metabolism and
Nutrition, Institute of Food Science, Technology and
Nutrition, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid,
Spain.
David Martínez-Gómez, PhD, Associate lecturer Depart­
ment of Physical Education, Sports and Human Movement,
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Grazia Massa, RD  Department of Medicine and Surgery,
Medical School of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Michal M. Masternak, PhD  University of Central Florida,
Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine,
Orlando, FL, USA.
Niina Matikainen, MD, PhD  Department of Endocrinology
and Cardiovascular Research Unit, Heart and Lung Center,
Helsinki University Central Hospital, University of
Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Michele L. McCarroll, PhD  Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Jenny-Lee McKay, BSc  School of Public Health, Curtin
Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of
Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Nicola M. McKeown, PhD  Jean Mayer USDA Human
Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University,
Boson, MA, USA.
Thayana O. Micheletti  Department of Internal Medicine,
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas
(UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil.
Kazuo Miyashita  Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido
University, Hakodate, Japan.
Ayumi Miyazaki, MD, PhD  Department of Pediatrics, Japan
Community Health Care Organization Takaoka-Fushiki
Hospital, Takaoka, Toyama, Japan.
Małgorzata Muc-Wierzgoń  Department of Internal Diseases,
Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland.
Katsuyuki Mukai  R&D Center, UNITIKA Ltd, Uji, Kyoto,
Japan.
Yoshinori Nagai, MD, PhD, FAHA  Department of Immuno­
biology and Pharmacological Genetics, Graduate School of
Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science for Research,
University of Toyama, Toyama-shi, Toyama, Japan.
Masami Nagashima, MD, PhD, FAHA  Department of
Rehabilitation, Aichi Saiseikai Rehabilitation Hospital,
Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
Astrid Nehlig  French Medical Research Institute, INSERM
U 663, Faculty of Medicine, Strasbourg, France.
Ewa Nowakowska-Zajdel  Department of Internal Diseases,
Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland.
Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto, PhD  Postgraduate Program
in Collective Health, University of Vale do Rios dos Sinos,
RS, Brazil.
Department of Nutrition, Federal University of Health Science
of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Sebely Pal, PhD, Hons  School of Public Health, Curtin
Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of
Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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Giulia Paolella, MD  Department of Medicine and Surgery,
Medical School of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Jae B. Park  Diet, Genomics, and Immunology Laboratory,
Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, United States
Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service,
Beltsville, MD, USA.
Yeonhwa Park  Department of Food Science, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
Yongsoon Park, PhD  Department of Food and Nutrition,
Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Zdenka Pausova, MD  The Hospital for Sick Children,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Fátima Pérez de Heredia, PhD  Lecturer in Physiology,
School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John
Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Luca Pierri, MS  Department of Medicine and Surgery,
Medical School of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Gustavo D. Pimentel  Department of Internal Medicine,
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas
(UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil.
Cristina Pizza, MS  Department of Medicine and Surgery,
Medical School of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Marco Poeta, MS  Department of Medicine and Surgery,
Medical School of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
Paul Poirier, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACC, FAHA  Faculty of
Pharmacy, Université Laval and Institut Universitaire de
Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City,
Quebec, Canada.
Christine Poitou, MD, PhD  Institute of Cardiometabolism
and Nutrition, ICAN, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital; Assistance
Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, CRNH-Ile de France, Paris,
France.
Lu Qi, MD, PhD  Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of
Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of
Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Simone Radavelli-Bagatini, PhD, Hons  School of Public
Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin
University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia,
Australia.
Catherine Riva, PhD  Laboratoire Pharm-Ecologie Cardiovas­
culaire, UFRip Sciences Technologies Santé, Université
d’Avignon et des Pays du Vaucluse, Avignon, France.
Andrea P. Rossi, MD, PhD  Division of Geriatric Medicine,
University of Verona, Ospedale Maggiore, Verona, Italy.
G. Dante Roulette, MD  Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Jaime Ruiz-Tovar, MD, PhD Department of Surgery,
Bariatric Surgery Unit, General University Hospital Elche,
Alicante, Spain.
Almudena Sanchez-Villegas DPharm, PhD  Department of
Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Biomedical Research
Center Network on Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn)
Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of
Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Maria Sangermano, MD  Department of Medicine and
Surgery, Medical School of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
E. Sartori, MD  Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of
Verona, Ospedale Maggiore, Verona, Italy.
Anna Schlappal, PhD  Department of Nutrition and Food
Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Luis Serra-Majem MD, PhD  Department of Clinical Sciences,
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de
Gran Canaria, Spain Biomedical Research Center Network
on Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) Physiopathology of
Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid,
Spain.
Masaki Shinomiya, MD, PhD  Department of Internal
Medicine, Nishifuna Naika, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan.
Sigal Sofer, MSc, RD  Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science
and Nutrition, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture,
Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, Israel.
Aliza Stark, PhD, RD  Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science
and Nutrition, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture,
Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, Israel.
Edyta Suliga, PhD Department of the Prevention of
Alimentary Tract Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jan
Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.
Kiyoshi Takatsu, PhD  Toyama Prefectural Institute for
Pharmaceutical Research, Imizu City, Toyama, Japan.
Katsuhiko Takayanagi R&D  Center, UNITIKA Ltd, Uji,
Kyoto, Japan.
Sze Yen Tan, PhD, APD  University of South Australia, School
of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Adelaide, Australia.
Giovanni Tarantino, MD  Department of Clinical Medicine
and Surgery, Federico II University Medical School of
Naples, Naples, Italy and INT “Fondazione Pascale” - Cancer
Research Center of Mercogliano, Mercogliano (AV), Italy.
A. Janet Tomiyama, PhD Department of Psychology,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
John F. Trepanowski, MS  Department of Kinesiology and
Nutrition, University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Pietro Vajro, MD  Department of Medicine and Surgery,
Medical School of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.
European Laboratory for the Investigation of Food-Induced
Diseases, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Krista Varady, PhD Department of Kinesiology and
Nutrition, University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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Camille Vatier, MD  Institute of Cardiometabolism and
Nutrition, ICAN, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital; Assistance
Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, CRNH-Ile de France, Paris,
France.
Agnes Vinet, PhD  Laboratoire Pharm-Ecologie Cardiovas­
culaire, UFRip Sciences Technologies Santé, Université
d’Avignon et des Pays du Vaucluse, Avignon, France.
Vivian E. von Gruenigen, MD  Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Min Xu, MD, PhD  Department of Nutrition, Harvard School
of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases,
Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases,
Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Masao Yoshinaga, MD, PhD  Department of Pediatrics,
National Hospital Organization Kagoshima Medical Center,
Kagoshima, Japan.
Mauro Zamboni, MD  Division of Geriatric Medicine,
University of Verona, Ospedale Maggiore, Verona, Italy.
Valeria Zanandrea, MD  Division of Geriatric Medicine,
University of Verona, Ospedale Maggiore, Verona, Italy.