Acknowledgments:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services acknowledge the recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee—the basis for this edition.  The Committee consisted of Cutberto Garza, M.D., Ph.D. (chair), Suzanne P. Murphy, Ph.D., R.D. (vice-chair), Richard J. Deckelbaum, M.D., Johanna Dwyer, D.Sc., R.D., Scott M. Grundy, M.D., Ph.D., Rachel K. Johnson, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Ph.D., Alice H. Lichtenstein, D.Sc., Meir Stampfer, M.D., Dr.P.H., Lesley Fels Tinker, Ph.D., and Roland L. Weinsier, M.D., Dr.P.H. Carol Suitor, D.Sc., R.D., served as the Committee's technical writer/editor. The Departments also acknowledge the staff work of the executive secretaries to the Committee: Shanthy Bowman, Ph.D., and Carole Davis, M.S., R.D., from USDA; Kathryn McMurry, M.S., and Joan Lyon, M.S., R.D., L.D., from HHS.

Fifth Edition, 2000
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