Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases (An International Journal on Diabetes, Atherosclerosis and Human Nutrition) Official Journal of the Italian Society of Diabetology (SID), the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis (SISA) and the Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU)

Editor-in-Chief: A. Siani, Avellino, Italy

Co-Editors: M. Averna, Palermo, Italy G. Targher, Verona, Italy F. Galletti, Naples, Italy

Past Editor-in-Chief: A. Giaccari, Rome, Italy

Associate Editors Emeritus Editors J. Bella, New York, USA D. Noto, Palermo, Italy G. Assmann, Munster, Germany L. Bozzetto, Naples, Italy G. Perseghin, Monza, Italy P. Brunetti, Perugia, Italy A. Campanozzi, Foggia, Italy M. Pirro, Perugia, Italy M. Mancini, Naples, Italy F.P. Cappuccio, Coventry, UK R. Pontremoli, Genova, Italy G. Riccardi, Naples, Italy P. Clifton, Adelaide, Australia A. Rocchini, Ann Arbor, MI, USA P. Rubba, Naples, Italy S. Frontoni, Rome, Italy G.L. Russo, Avellino, Italy J. Stamler, Chicago, IL, USA L. Ghiadoni, Pisa, Italy P. Strazzullo, Naples, Italy L. Laviola, Bari, Italy Editorial Board

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