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Clinical Nutrition Student under the supervision of a preceptor in the Research Fellowships field of clinical nutrition. The project plan submitted for funding must be an original

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The Editor gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following individuals in reviewing manuscripts for The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in the period October 1981 through September 1982:

RL Aamodt Murray Brennan Christine E Cronk Sidney Abraham Myron Brim William Crosby Phyllis B Acosta Selwyn A Broitman Peter R Dallman Siamak A Adibi Harry P Broquist Stephanie P Dalvit Richard A Ahrens Elmer B Brown Elliot Danforth Margaret J Albrink Kenneth H Brown William Darby

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Martin S Nachbar Miriam D Rosenthal J Dwight Stinnett PP Nair Pedro Rosso ELR Stokstad Kenneth H Neldner Art Rubenstein Victor Stoic Ralph A Nelson LL Rudel Jon A Story Earl R Nestmann Daniel Rudman Gladys Strain Charlotte Neumann Robert M Russell Albert J Stunkard Paul Newberne David Sackett MTR Subbiah Albert D Newoomer Lester B Salans Philip Sunshine Karl Nolph Gerald Salen Mervyn Susser Donald Oberleas Paul D Saltman Leon Swell Barbara C O’Brien Paul Samuel RW Swick Boyd L O’Dell Harold H Sandstead Tsunenobu Tamura James A Olson Julio Santiago Henry L Taylor Robert E Olson Howerde Sauberlich Robert D Terry

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Commonly used Approved Abbreviations Others adenosinediphosphatase ADPase adenosine 5’-diphosphate (adenosine diphosphate) ADP adenosine 5’-monophosphate (adenosine Standard Units of Measurement monophosphate, adenylic acid) AMP Abbreviation adenosine triphosphatase ATPase Term or Symbol adenosme 5’-triphosphate (adenosine Singular or triphosphate) ATP ACTH Plural form adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenocorticotropin) bacille Calmette-Gu#{233}rin BCG ampere A basal metabolic rate BMR A angstrom body temperature, pressure, and saturated BTPS cd candela central nervous system CNS C coulomb coenzyme A coA cpm counts per minute deoxyribonucleic acid (deoxyribonucleate) DNA cps counts per second dihydroxyphenethylamine dopamine

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Congress VII, Carillon Beach Hotel, Miami Beach

Florida. Information: Food and Nutrition Prog.

American Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn

Street, Chicago, IL 60610.

Program Highlights. The program has been developed around Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/issue/37/1 by guest on 23 September 2021 the theme, Malnutrition: Determinants and Consequences.

Symposia topics include:

Malnutrition in the Western Hemisphere The Maternal/Infant Dyad Nutrition and Performance Effects of Urbanization and Demographic Changes Nutrition and the Immune Responses Determinants of an Individual’s Food Intake Impediments to the Increased Use of Technology Undernutrition: Determinants and Consequences; A Caribbean Case Study latrogenic Malnutrition Folk Medicine and Self Treatment The Search for Solutions to Malnutrition

Call for Papers: Three or four open research open forums will be scheduled. The deadline date for receipt of abstracts is March 1, 1983.

Travel Awards: A limited number of travel awards will be available to professionals and graduate students in nutrition. Deadline date for receipt of applications is March 1, 1983.

Send for the WHNC VII brochure which contains the program outline and forms for abstract submission, travel award application, registration, and hotel reservation. Contact: Food and Nutrition Program, American Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60618. FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON OBESITY: October 5-.8, 1983

The Sheraton Centre, New York, New York

Chairmen: Jules Hirsch, MD, New York, NY

Theodore B. Van Itallie, MD, New York, NY

May 2, 1983: Deadline Date for Receipt of Abstracts

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Wednesday, October 5: 4 - 8 PM Registration

6 - 8 PM Reception

Thursday, October 6: Opening Remarks and Plenary Lecture Hazards of Obesity and Hazards of Treat- ment

Concurrent scientific sessions Abstract Presentations Poster Session International Congress Business Session Banquet and Award Presentation

Friday, October 7: Plenary Session Adipose Tissue

Concurrent scientific sessions Abstract Presentations Poster Session

Saturday, October 8: Plenary Lecture Roundup Sunary: Present Status of Obesity Research

Concurrent scientific sessions Abstract Presentations Congress Adjourned (3:30 PM)

CONTACT: Fourth International Congress on Obesity, Charles B. Slack, Inc. 6900 Grove Road Thorofare, New Jersey USA O8O86-9433