Calendar of Events
*New to this month’s Calendar of Events. February 1–4, 2009American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) Clinical Nutrition Week, New Orleans, LA. Internet: http://www. nutritioncare.org/ClinicalNutritionWeek/.
March 10–14, 2009
ASN co-sponsors the American Heart Association (AHA) Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism (NPAM) Joint Councils Conference, Palm Harbor, FL. Internet: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter. jhtml?identifier-3056462.
March 12–15, 2009
American Medical Student Association (AMSA) 59th Annual Con-vention, Arlington, VA. Internet: http://www.amsa.org/conv/.
March 25–26, 2009*
Wellness 09—At the Forefront of Food and Health, Rosemont, IL. Sponsored by Institute of Food Technologists. CME credit avail-ability: 11 CPEUs from the Commission on the Dietetic Registra-tion of the American Dietetic AssociaRegistra-tion. Internet: http:// www.ift.org/ftpc.
April 1–3, 2009
3rd International IUPAC Symposium on Trace Elements in Food (TEF-3), Rome, Italy. Organized by the Istituto Superiore di Sanita`. For further information, please contact the Administrative Secretariat, FASI srl. Phone: 39 06 9760 5610. Fax: 39 06 9760 5650. E-mail: iupac2009@fasiweb.com. Internet: http:// www.tef3-2009.it.
April 18–22, 2009
ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting in conjuction with Experimental Biology (EB), New Orleans, LA. E-mail: eb@faseb. org.
May 8–12, 2009*
American Association of Immunologists (AAI) 96th Annual Meet-ing, Seattle, WA. Internet: http://www.immunology2009.org.
June 1–5, 2009*
ODS Dietary Supplement Research Practicum, Bethesda, MD. For further information, please contact Re´gine Laroche, Practicum Co-ordinator, Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Blvd., MSC 7517, Suite 3B01, Bethesda, MD 20892-7517. Phone: 301-435-2920. Fax: 301-480-1845. E-mail: rl161k@nih.gov. Internet: http://dietary-supplements.info. nih.gov.
June 9–11, 2009
Food and Function, 2009, Zilina, Slovakia. Internet: http://www. foodandfunction.com.
August 3–7, 2009
11th International Congress on Amino Acids, Peptides and Pro-teins, Vienna, Austria. Deadline for abstracts is March 31, 2009. For further information, please contact either Prof Gert Lubec (scientific inquiries) at gert.lubec@meduniwien.ac.at. or Robert Mostogl (administrative inquiries), Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A 1090 Vienna, Austria. Fax: 431 40400 6065. E-mail: robert. mostoegl@meduniwien.ac.at. Internet: http://www.meduniwien. ac.at/ICAAP09/.
October 4–9, 2009
International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) 19th International Congress on Nutrition, Bangkok, Thailand. For further information, please contact the Congress Secretariat at AsiaCongress Events Co, Ltd, 10 Soi Lasalle 56, Sukhumvit Road, Bangna, Bangkok 10260, Thailand. Phone: 66 2 748 7881. Fax: 66 2 748 7880. E-mail: icn2009@asiacongress.com. Internet: http://www.icn2009.com/.
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The Center for Physical Activity, and Weight
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outreach programs for weight loss and weight
maintenance for both children and adults. The
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and weight loss in both adults and children and
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FEBRUARY 2009 • VOLUME 89 • NUMBER 2
W W W. A J C N . O R G ISSN 0002-9165EDITORIALS
Screening for iron deficiency during early infancy: is it feasible and is it necessary? GR Buchanan
See corresponding article on page 525.
473
Hepcidin compared with prohepcidin: an absorbing story. DM Frazer and GJ Anderson
See corresponding article on page 533.
475
SPECIAL TASK FORCE REPORT
Can a small-changes approach help address the obesity epidemic? A report of the Joint Task Force of the American Society for Nutrition, Institute of Food Technologists, andInternational Food Information Council. JO Hill
477
ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Cardiovascular disease risk
Effects of a low-salt diet on flow-mediated dilatation
in humans. KM Dickinson et al
485
Nutritional status, dietary intake, and body composition
Aggregate predictions improve accuracy when calculating metabolic variables used to guide treatment.
JCK Wells et al
491
Comparisons of percentage body fat, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-stature ratio in adults.
KM Flegal et al
500
Association of 1-y changes in diet pattern with cardiovascular disease risk factors and adipokines: results from the 1-y randomized Oslo Diet and Exercise Study.
DR Jacobs Jr et al
509
Carbohydrate metabolism and diabetes
Association of diet with glycated hemoglobin during intensive treatment of type 1 diabetes in the Diabetes Control and
Complications Trial. LM Delahanty et al
518
Vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals
Iron supplementation of breastfed infants from an early age. EE Ziegler et al
See corresponding editorial on page 473.
525
Serum hepcidin is significantly associated with iron absorption from food and supplemental sources in healthy young women. MF Young et al
See corresponding editorial on page 475.
533
Optimization of a phytase-containing micronutrient powder with low amounts of highly bioavailable iron for in-home
fortification of complementary foods. B Troesch et al
539
Growth, development, and pediatrics
Folate concentrations in pediatric patients with newly
diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease. MB Heyman et al
545
Intergenerational influences on childhood body mass index: the effect of parental body mass index trajectories. L Li et al
551
Digestive and liver diseases
Prolonged saturated fat–induced, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide elevation is associated with adipokine imbalance and liver injury in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: dysregulated enteroadipocyte axis as a
novel feature of fatty liver. G Musso et al
558
Cancer
Glycemic index, glycemic load, and risk of digestive tract neoplasms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
HG Mulholland et al
568
Prospective cohort study of soy food intake and
colorectal cancer risk in women. G Yang et al
577
Vitamin E intake, ␣-tocopherol status, and pancreatic cancer in a cohort of male smokers.
RZ Stolzenberg-Solomon et al
584
AIDS and other wasting syndromes
Reduced production of sulfated glycosaminoglycans occurs in Zambian children with kwashiorkor but not marasmus.
B Amadi et al
592
Aging
Body mass index over the adult life course and cognition
in late midlife: the Whitehall II Cohort Study. S Sabia et al
601
Protein supplementation before and after exercise does not further augment skeletal muscle hypertrophy after resistance training in elderly men. LB Verdijk et al
608
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SUPPLEMENTS
Methyl Donors, Iodine, and Docosahexaenoic Acid
(DHA)—Is Maternal Supplementation Beneficial?
657S
Is It Time for Mandatory Vitamin B-12 Fortification in Flour?689S
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