BMJ Retraction Letter signers

Chair of Pediatrics Director, Dell Pediatric Research Institute Dell Medical School University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas, USA
 * Steven Abrams, MD

Professor of Oncology Associate Dean Associate Director, Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, D.C., USA
 * Lucile L. Adams-Campbell, PhD

Sharon R. Akabas, PhD Director, MS in Nutrition Associate Director for Educational Initiatives Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition New York, New York, USA

Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine Department of Family and Preventive Medicine School of Medicine University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California, USA
 * Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH

Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH C. David Molina, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine Epidemiology and International Health Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Fernando Arós Borau, MD, PhD Department of Cardiology University Hospital of Araba Vitoria, Spain

Alberto Ascherio, MD, DrPH Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition Department of Nutrition Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Guy De Backer, MD, PhD Emeritus Professor in Public Health Ghent University Ghent, Belgium

Adam B. Becker, PhD, MPH Executive Director Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children Chicago, Illinois, USA

Maira Bes-Rastrollo, PharmD, PhD Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Faculty of Medicine University of Navarra Navarra, Spain

Henry Blackburn, MD Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology & Community Health Division of Epidemiology & Community Health University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Carol J. Boushey, PhD, MPH, RD Associate Research Professor Epidemiology Program University of Hawaii Cancer Center University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, MD, PhD Medical Practitioner, Internist, and Gastroenterologist Practitioner at Antoine Béclère University Hospital Inserm Research Director Head of INSERM UMR 1018 Clamart, France

Professor of Human Nutrition and of Chemistry Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA
 * J. Thomas Brenna, PhD

Ingeborg Brouwer, PhD Professor of Nutrition for Healthy Living Health Sciences VU University Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kelly D. Brownell, PhD Dean, Sanford School of Public Policy Robert L. Flowers Professor of Public Policy Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Duke University Durham, North Carolina, USA

Aurora Bueno Cavanillas, MD, PhD Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health University of Granada Granada, Spain

Pilar Buil-Cosiales, PhD, MD Primary Health Care Practitioner Servicio Navarro de Salud-Osasunbidea National Health System Navarra, Spain

Joanne Burke, PhD, RD, LD Director of the University of New Hampshire Dietetic Internship Thomas W. Haas Professor in Sustainable Food Systems University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire, USA

Carlos A. Camargo, Jr., MD, DrPH Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Professor, Department of Nutrition Science Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
 * Wayne Campbell, PhD

Raffaele De Caterina, MD, PhD Professor and Chair of Cardiology G. d’Annunzio University - Chieti-Pescara Chieti, Italy

Alan Chait, MD Edwin L. Bierman Professor of Medicine Head, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA

Jorge E. Chavarro, MD, ScD Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Assistant Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA

John B. and Jane T. McCoy Chair of Cancer Research The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Professor Division of Medical Oncology Department of Internal Medicine The Ohio State University School of Medicine Columbus, Ohio, USA
 * Steven K. Clinton, MD, PhD

Isobel R. Contento, PhD Mary Swartz Rose Professor of Nutrition and Education Coordinator, Program in Nutrition Faculty Director, Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy Department of Health and Behavior Studies Teachers College Columbia University New York, New York, USA

Dolores Corella, PhD Professor, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit School of Medicine University of Valencia Valencia, Spain

Patricia Crawford, DrPH Senior Director of Research, Nutrition Policy Institute Cooperative Extension Specialist University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Berkeley, California, USA

Lidia A. Daimiel-Ruiz, PhD Principal Investigator Pabellón Central del Antiguo Hospital de Cantoblanco University de Cantoblanco Madrid, Spain

Richard J. Deckelbaum, MD, CM, FRCPC Robert R. Williams Professor of Nutrition Professor of Pediatrics Professor of Epidemiology Director, Institute of Human Nutrition College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University Medical Center New York, New York, USA

Jean-Pierre Després, PhD, FAHA, FIAS Scientific Director International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk Professor, Department of Kinesiology Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval Director of Research, Cardiology Québec Heart and Lung Institute Québec, Canada

William Dietz, MD, PhD Director, Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness Milken Institute School of Public Health George Washington University Washington, D.C., USA

Deirdre A. Dingman, DrPH, MPH, CHES Postdoctoral Fellow Public Health Law Research Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Ligia J. Dominguez, MD Geriatric Unit University of Palermo Palermo, Italy

Ana Clara Duran, MS, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Illinois, Chicago Chicago, Illinois, USA

Robert H. Eckel, MD Professor of Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes Division of Cardiology Professor of Physiology and Biophysics Charles A. Boettcher II Chair in Atherosclerosis University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Director Lipid Clinic, University Hospital University of Colorado, Denver Denver, Colorado, USA

Ibrahim Elmadfa, PhD Emeritus Professor of Nutrition University of Vienna Vienna, Austria

Javier Díez Espino, MD, PhD Primary Care Manager Servicio Navarro de Salud-Osasubidea Navarra, Spain

Ramon Estruch, MD, PhD Department of Internal Medicine Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain

Wafaie Fawzi, DrPH Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health Chair, Department of Global Health and Population Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Alejandro Fernández-Montero, MD, PhD Project Director, “Healthy Diet, It’s up to you” Department of Prevention of Occupational Hazards University of Navarra-IDISNA Navarra, Spain

Oscar H. Franco, MD, PhD, FESC, FFPH Professor of Preventive Medicine PI Cardiovascular Epidemiology group Director ErasmusAGE CEO Erasmus Epidemiology Resources Deputy Science Director NIHES Department of Epidemiology Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Gary E. Fraser, MD, PhD Professor of Epidemiology Loma Linda University Loma Linda, California, USA

Itziar Zazpe Garcia, PhD, RD Professor Department of Clinical Science and Physiology Universidad de Navarra Navarra, Spain

Christopher Gardner, PhD Professor of Medicine Director of Nutrition Studies Director of NIH/NHLBI Postdoctoral Training Program Stanford Prevention Research Center Palo Alto, California, USA

Alfredo Gea, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Preventive Medicine & Public Health University of Navarra, Spain Navarra, Spain

Angel Gil, PhD President of the Iberoamerican Nutrition Foundation (FINUT) Full Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology Centre of Biomedical Research University of Granada Granada, Spain

David C. Goff, Jr., MD, PhD Dean Colorado School of Public Health Aurora, Colorado, USA

Carlos A. González, MD, PhD Unit of Nutrition and Cancer (Emeritus) Cancer Epidemiology Research Programme Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) Barcelona, Spain

Teresita González de Cosío, PhD, MSc Directora de Departamento de Salud Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City, Mexico

Michael I. Goran, PhD Director, Childhood Obesity Research Center Co-Director, USC Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute Professor of Preventive Medicine; Physiology & Biophysics; and Pediatrics The Dr. Robert C. & Veronica Atkins Chair in Childhood Obesity & Diabetes USC Keck School of Medicine Los Angeles, California, USA

Antonio M. Gotto Jr., MD, DPhil Professor of Medicine Provost for Medical Affairs and Dean Emeritus Weill Cornell Medical College New York, New York, USA

Philip Greenland, MD Harry W. Dingman Professor Department of Preventive Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois, USA

Joan Gussow, EdD Mary Swartz Rose Professor Emerita of Nutrition Education Teachers College Columbia University New York, New York, USA

Michael W. Hamm, PhD C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Agriculture Director, Center for Regional Food Systems Departments of CSUS, PSM, FSHN Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Carole V. Harris, PhD Vice President, Public Health and Survey Research Division ICF International Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Serge Hercberg, MD, PhD Chef d'équipe - Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN) Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité Université Paris Bobigny, France

Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 * Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD

Rod Jackson, MBChB, PhD Professor of Epidemiology Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand

David Jacobs, PhD Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health School of Public Health University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Michael F. Jacobson, PhD President Center for Science in the Public Interest Washington, D.C., USA

Enrique Jacoby, MD, MPH Regional Advisor on Nutrition and Active Living NMH Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization Washington, D.C., USA

Philip T. James, CBE, MD, DSc Honorary Professor of Nutrition London School of Hygiene London, United Kingdom

David Jenkins, MD, PhD, DSc Professor, Canada Research Chair in Nutrition and Metabolism Department of Nutritional Sciences Director, Risk Factor Modification Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital University of Toronto Toronto, Canada

Laura Johnson, PhD Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences School for Policy Studies University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom

Martijn B. Katan, PhD Emeritus Professor of Nutrition VU University Amsterdam Department of Health Sciences Amsterdam, The Netherlands

David Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP Director, Yale University Prevention Research Center President, American College of Lifestyle Medicine Founder, True Health Initiative New Haven, Connecticut, USA

George A. Kelley, DA, FACSM Professor & Director, Meta-Analytic Research Group School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics Co-Director, WVCTSI Clinical Research Design, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics Program West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

Thomas Kelly, PhD, MA Chief Sustainability Officer/Director Sustainability Institute University of New Hampshire Durham, New Hampshire, USA

Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, PhD Research Director COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN) Centre d’Epidémiologie et Biostatistiques Paris Nord Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm, U1153) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA, U1125) Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) Paris 13 University Paris, France

Kay-Tee Khaw, MD, MSc, PhD University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine Clinical Gerontology Unit Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge, United Kingdom

Vivica I. Kraak, PhD, RD Assistant Professor of Food and Nutrition Policy Department of Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

Fernanda Kroker, MSc, PhD Scientific Researcher Population Nutrition Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama -INCAP- Guatemala City, Guatemala

Daan Kromhout, PhD, MPH Emeritus Professor Division of Human Nutrition Wageningen University Wageningen, The Netherlands

Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH Department of Epidemiology Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Larry Kushi, ScD Director of Scientific Policy Kaiser Permanente Oakland, California, USA

Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD Professor of Preventive Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois, USA

Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventos, PhD Associate Professor Department of Nutrition and Food Science School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain

José Lapetra, MD, PhD Médico de Familia Responsable del Grupo de Investigación "Dieta, Nutrición y Prevención de Enfermedades en Atención Primaria" CIBEROBN, Instituto de Salud Carlos III Unidad de Investigación del Distrito Sanitario Atención Primaria Sevilla Sevilla, Spain

Robert S. Lawrence, MD Director, Center for a Livable Future Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and International Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Sally Ann Lederman, PhD Special Lecturer Institute of Human Nutrition Columbia University New York, New York, USA

Allen S. Levine, PhD Professor, Food Science and Nutrition University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Elyse Levine, PhD, RD Associate Booz Allen Hamilton Rockville, Maryland, USA

David A. Levitsky, PhD, MPhil, MS Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow Professor of Nutrition and Psychology Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA

Barry Lewis, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath Emeritus Professor University of London London, United Kingdom

Senior Scientist and Director Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 * Alice Lichtenstein, DSc

Bonnie F. Liebman, MS Director of Nutrition Center for Science in the Public Interest Washington, D.C., USA

Esther Lopez-Garcia, PhD, MPH Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health School of Medicine Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid, Spain

José López Miranda, MD, PhD Catedrático de Medicina Interna Vicedecano de Asuntos Hospitalarios Director UGC Medicina Interna Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Cordoba Cordoba, Spain

Graham MacGregor, MA, MB, BChir Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London London, United Kingdom Meena Mahadevan, PhD Associate Professor Program Coordinator for Applied Nutrition Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Vasanti Malik, ScD Research Scientist Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Mario Mancini, MD Emeritus Professor University of Naples Naples, Italy

James Mann, MD Professor, Human Nutrition and Medicine Dunedin School of Medicine University of Otago Otago, New Zealand

JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH Professor of Medicine Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women's Health Harvard Medical School Professor, Department of Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Barrie Margetts, PhD, FFPH, MSc Professor Emeritus of Medicine University of Southampton Southampton, United Kingdom

Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez, MD, PhD, MPH Chair, Department of Public Health University of Navarra-CIBEROBN Navarra, Spain

J. Alfredo Martinez Hernandez, D.Pharm, MD, PhD Professor Department of Nutrition, Food Science, Physiology and Toxicology School of Pharmacy University of Navarra Navarra, Spain

William McCarthy, PhD Adjunct Professor UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management Los Angeles, California, USA

Founder and President Millennium Prevention, Inc. Westwood, Massachusetts, USA
 * Barbara Millen, DrPH, RD

Nana Gletsu Miller, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Nutrition Science College of Health and Human Sciences Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Marc Molendijk, PhD Assistant Professor Clinical Psychology Leiden University and Leiden University Medical Center Leiden, The Netherlands

Carlos A. Monteiro, MD, PhD Professor of Nutrition and Public Health Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health University of Sáo Paulo Sáo Paulo, Brazil

Roni Neff, PhD, MS Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences Bloomberg School of Public Health Program Director, Food System Sustainability Center for a Livable Future Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Associate Dean, Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Tufts University Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 * Miriam Nelson, PhD

Full Member, Cancer Prevention Program Division of Public Health Sciences Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, Washington, USA
 * Marian L. Neuhouser, PhD, RD

Kaare R. Norum, MD, PhD Professor Emeritus Department of Nutrition Faculty of Medicine University of Oslo Oslo, Norway

Salvatore Panico, MD, MS Professor of Internal Medicine Federico II University Naples, Italy

Angeliki Papadaki, PhD, MSc, FHEA Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition Programme Director, MSc Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public Health Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences School for Policy Studies University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom

Diana C. Parra, PhD, PT, MPH Assistant Professor Program in Physical Therapy and Department of Surgery (Prevention) Scholar, Institute for Public Health Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Emma Patterson, PhD Project Manager for School Food Sweden Community Nutrition and Physical Activity Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden Jan I. Pedersen, MD, PhD Emeritus Professor Department of Nutrition Institute of Basic Medical Sciences University of Oslo Oslo, Norway

Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health Director, Office of Public Health Practice Director, Global Health Concentration Yale School of Public Health New Haven, Connecticut, USA
 * Rafael Perez-Escamilla, PhD

Francisco Perez-Jimenez, MD, PhD Full Professor of Internal Medicine Reina Sofia University Hospital University of Cordoba Cordoba, Spain

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD Professor of Medicine Institute of Human Nutrition Columbia University New York, New York, USA

María Puy Portillo, DPharm Professor of Nutrition Director, Nutrición y Obesidad Department of Pharmacy and Food Science University of the Basque Country Bilbao, Spain

John D. Potter, MD, PhD Senior Advisor, Public Health Sciences Division Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, Washington, USA

Neil Poulter, MD Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Pekka Puska, MD, PhD, MPolSc Professor, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland Past President, World Heart Federation (WHF) Past President, International Association of National Public Health Institutes Helsinki, Finland

Kalevi Pyörälä, MD Emeritus Professor of Medicine University of Eastern Finland Kuopio, Finland

Tim Radak, DrPH, MPH, RD Academic Coordinator for DrPH and PhD Public Health Programs College of Health Sciences Walden University Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Sujatha Rajaram, PhD Chair, SPH Doctoral Committee Program Director, DrPH in Nutrition School of Public Health Loma Linda University Loma Linda, California, USA

Mike Rayner, DPhil Professor of Population Health Director, British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Nuffield Department of Population Health University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom

Cristina Razquin Burillo, PhD Colaborador de investigación Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health School of Medicine University of Navarra Navarra, Spain

Bill Reger-Nash, EdD Professor Emeritus West Virginia University School of Public Health Associate Chair, Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

Shaun Riebl, PhD, RDN, LDN Clinical Assistant Professor The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC School of Medicine Department of Nutrition Department of Medicine - Division of Nephrology and Hypertension UNC Hospitals Kidney and Hypertension Specialty Clinic Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Eric Rimm, ScD Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition Director, Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Ulf Risérus, MMED, PhD Associate Professor in Clinical Nutrition Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden

Lorrene Ritchie, PhD, RD Director, Nutrition Policy Institute Cooperative Extension Specialist University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Berkeley, California, USA

Juan Rivera Dommarco, PhD, MS Director Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica Cuernavaca, Mexico

Kim Robien, PhD, RD, CSO, FAND Associate Professor Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Milken Institute School of Public Health George Washington University Washington, D.C., USA

Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, MD, PhD Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health School of Medicine Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid, Spain

Dora Romaguera, MSc, PhD Institut d’Investigació Sanitària de Palma (IdISPa) and CIBER-OBN Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Unitat de Recerca Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Emilio Ros, MD, PhD Former Director, Lipid Clinic Endocrinology & Nutrition Service Hospital Clínic CIBERobn, ISCIII, Spain Barcelona, Spain

Donald (Diego) Rose, PhD, MPH Professor and Head of Nutrition Section School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Miguel Ruiz-Canela, PhD, MPH Associate Professor Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health University of Navarra Navarra, Spain

Joan Sabaté, MD, DrPH Professor of Nutrition School of Public Health Loma Linda University Loma Linda, California, USA

Frank Sacks, MD, ScB Professor of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Department of Nutrition Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Guillermo Saez Tormo, MD, PhD Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Coordinator for International Relations and Mobility Programs Faculty of Medicine and Odontology Service of Clinical Analysis University Hospital Doctor Peset Aleixandre University of Valencia Valencia, Spain

Jordi Salas-Salvadó, MD, PhD Professor of Nutrition Director, Human Nutrition Unit Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, IISPV School of Medicine Rovira i Virgili University CIBERobn, Instituto Carlos III Director, Centre Català de la Nutrició - Institut d'Estudis Catalans Past President, Federation of Spanish Food, Nutrition and Dietetic Scientific Societies Director, Red Iberoamericana RIBESMET Chairman, INC - World Forum for Nutrition Research and Dissemination Reus, Spain

Almudena Sánchez-Villegas, PhD Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department of Clinical Sciences Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas, Spain

Wim H.M. Saris, MD, PhD Professor of Human Nutrition Department of Human Biology NUTRIM: School of Nutrition and Translational Research Maastricht University Medical Centre Maastricht, The Netherlands

Dennis Savaiano, PhD, MS Virginia C. Meredith Professor Director, North Central Nutrition Education Center Department of Nutrition Science Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Matthias B. Schulze, DrPH German Institute of Human Nutrition Department of Molecular Epidemiology Nuthetal, Germany

Ursula Schwab, PhD Associate Professor, Nutrition Therapy Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition School of Medicine University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus Kuopio, Finland

Marlene B. Schwartz, PhD Director Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut, USA

Jacob C. Seidell, PhD Professor of Nutrition and Health/University Professor VU University Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Lluis Serra-Majem, MD, MSc, PhD Professor of Public Health Director, Public Health Nutrition Research Center, University of Barcelona President, Nutrition Without Borders University of Gran Canaria Gran Canaria, Spain

A. G. Shaper, FRCP, FRCPath, FFPHM Ex-director, British Regional Heart Study University College of London London, United Kingdom

Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Gillings School of Global Public Health Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
 * Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD

Lesley Schmidt Sindberg, MPH Senior Research Coordinator Healthy Eating Research University of Minnesota School of Public Health St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Jeremiah Stamler, MD Professor Emeritus, Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois, USA

Meir Stampfer, MD, DrPH Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Associate Director, Channing Division of Network Medicine Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Marie-Pierre St.-Onge, PhD, FAHA Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine New York Obesity Research Center Institute of Human Nutrition College of Physicians & Surgeons Columbia University New York, New York, USA

Professor of Global Health and Community and Family Medicine Duke University Durham, North Carolina, USA
 * Mary Story, PhD, RD

Boyd Swinburn, MBChB, MD, FRACP, FNZCPHM Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health University of Auckland Alfred Deakin Professor Deakin University, Melbourne Melbourne, Australia

Daniel R. Taber, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor Department of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences University of Texas School of Public Health Austin, Texas, USA

Lindsey Smith Taillie, PhD, MPH Research Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Fellow, Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Linda Tapsell, PhD, FDAA, AM Discipline Leader, Nutrition and Dietetics Graduate School of Medicine Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health University of Wollongong Wollongong, Australia

Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD Professor, Health Promotion Sciences Director, University of Arizona Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention & Health Promotion Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona, USA

Francisco J. Tinahones, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Director, Endocrinology and Nutrition Services, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria Coordinator, Complications of Obesity, CIBEROBN University of Málaga Málaga, Spain

Estefania Toledo, MD, PhD, MPH Associate Professor University of Navarra Navarra, Spain

Mathilde Touvier, PhD, HDR Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques Sorbonne Paris Cité Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle Universités Paris 5, 7 et 13 Bobigny Cedex, France

Alison Tovar, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences University of Rhode Island Kingston, Rhode Island, USA

Antonia Trichopoulou, MD Emeritus Professor, Nutritional Epidemiology University of Athens Medical School Athens, Greece

Josep A. Tur, PhD Professor of Physiology Research Group on Community Nutrition & Oxidative Stress University of the Balearic Islands & CIBERobn CB12/03/30038 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Matti Uusitupa, MD, PhD Professor Emeritus Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition University of Eastern Finland Joensuu, Finland

Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD Professor, Preventive Medicine Associate Dean for Faculty Development Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois, USA

Carlo La Vecchia, MD Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health Università degli Studi di Milano Milan, Italy

Jesus Vioque, MD, PhD, MPH Unidad de Epidemiología de la Nutrición Campus San Juan. Facultad de Medicina Universidad Miguel Hernandez Alicante, Spain

David Wallinga, MD Senior Health Officer Natural Resources Defense Council San Francisco, California, USA

May Wang, DrPH Professor, Community Health Sciences David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA

Dianne S. Ward, EdD Professor, Department of Nutrition Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Julia Wärnberg, PhD Nutritionist University of Malaga Malaga, Spain

Connie M. Weaver, PhD Distinguished Professor and Department Head Department of Nutrition Science Director, Women's Global Health Institute Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH Chief Executive Officer Alliance for a Healthier Generation Washington, D.C., USA

Elisabete Weiderpass, MD, PhD, MSc Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway Tromsø, Norway Senior Cancer Epidemiologist, Department of Etiological Cancer Research, Cancer Registry of Norway Oslo, Norway Professor of Medical Epidemiology, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden Group Leader, Genetic Epidemiology Group, Folkhälsan Research Center Helsinki, Finland

Shelley Weinstock, PhD, CNS, FACN Career Services Institute of Human Nutrition Columbia University New York, New York, USA

Emily Welker, MPH, RD Program Coordinator Healthy Eating Research Duke Global Health Institute Duke University Durham, North Carolina, USA

Paul Whelton, MD, MSc Show Chwan Professor of Global Public Health Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, MPH Frederick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition Chair, Department of Nutrition Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor, Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Alicja Wolk, DMSc Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology Vice-chairman, Institute of Environmental Medicine Head, Division of Nutritional Epidemiology Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden

Jayne Woodside, PhD Nutrition and Metabolism Group Centre for Public Health Belfast, United Kingdom

Kana Wu, MD, PhD Senior Research Scientist Department of Nutrition Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Lisa R. Young, PhD, RD Adjunct Professor of Nutrition New York University New York, New York, USA


 * 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee member

Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.

Graduate Students

Stacy Blondin, MSPH USDA Doctoral Fellow ChildObesity180 Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Tufts University Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Larissa Calancie Doctoral Candidate - Nutrition Interventions and Policy University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Christina Chauvenet, MSc Doctoral Student Maternal and Child Health Royster Fellow University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Cesar Octavio Ramos Garcia, MHN, CN Doctoral Student in Public Health Sciences Director of Nutrition Tonala University Center University of Guadalajara Guadalajara, Mexico

Violet Kiesel Graduate Student Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Alexandra B. Morshed Doctoral Student Brown School Washington University St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Taulant Muka, MD, MSc, DSc PhD Candidate, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands Visiting Researcher at Harvard School of Public Health Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Luis A. Rodríguez, MPH, RD, CNSC Doctoral Student, Epidemiology & Translational Sciences UCSF School of Medicine Pediatric Clinical Dietitian, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco, California, USA

Christian Wright, MS Doctoral Candidate Department of Nutrition Science Laboratory of Nutrition, Fitness, and Aging NSGSO President Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, USA