“As editor, I am excited

to mark 60 years of this

top-ranked journal.

Since 1952, we have seen

the topic of nutrition become

justifiably prominent in daily

conversation. I believe the

future will devote even greater

attention to the research

featured in AJCN.”

Dennis M. Bier, MD

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Global iodine status in 2011 and trends over the past decade

Absorption of xanthones from mangosteen juice

Vitamin A and neonatal bone development

Fermentable fiber and intestine microbial ecology

Anterior cingulate taste activation and taste preference

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Celebrating 60 Years

AJCN EDITORS & YEARS OF SERVICE:• 1952–1962 S. O. Waife,

Founding Editor

• 1962–1967 Willard A. Krehl

• 1967–1975 Milton E. Rubini

• 1975–1979 Robert H. Herman

• 1979–1981 Theodore B. Van Itallie

• 1982–1991 Albert I. Mendeloff

• 1992–1996 Norman Kretchmer

• 1996–2007 Charles H. Halsted

• 2007–Present Dennis M. Bier

TABLE OF CONTENTS AM J CLIN NUTR VOL. 1 NO. 1, 1952:• Basic Research and its Application in the Field of

Clinical Nutrition• Dietary Treatment of Hypertension• Growth Failure in School Children: Further Studies

of Vitamin B12 Dietary Supplements• Alcoholism as a Nutritional Problem• Hypovitaminemia A: Effect of Vitamin A

Administration on Plasma Vitamin A Concentration, Conjunctival Changes, Dark Adaptation and Toad Skin

• The Effects of Amino Acid Deficiencies in Man• Therapeutic Uses of Low Fat, Low Cholesterol Diets:

Treatment of Essential Familial Xanthomatosis• Overnutrition and Obesity