The Nutrition Source aims to provide timely, evidence-based information on diet and nutrition for clinicians, allied health professionals, and the public. Launched in 2003 by the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, The Nutrition Source accepts no advertising or commercial sponsorship, nor does it endorse any particular products. Expert faculty from the Department of Nutrition and other invited experts review all content before it is posted on the site, and all content is re-reviewed regularly.
This Web site is meant for educational purposes. The contents of this Web site are not intended to offer personal medical advice. You should seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this Web site.
Editorial and Web Production Staff
Editorial Director:
- Lilian Cheung, Lecturer of Nutrition and Director, Health Promotion and Communication
Nutrition Source Coordinator:
- Sari Kalin, Program Coordinator
Contributing Writers:
- Pat Skerrett
- Hank Dart
Harvard School of Public Health Web Team
- Deane Eastwood, Manager, Instructional Computing and Application Development
- Christopher Ternan, Webmaster
- Blain Smith, Web and Application Developer
- Kevin Wnek, Web Developer
Web Assistant:
- Liesbeth Smit
Editorial Committee:
- Alberto Ascherio, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology
- Hannia Campos, Associate Professor of Nutrition
- Wafaie Fawzi, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology
- Gokhan Hotamisligil, Associate Professor of Nutrition
- Frank Hu, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology
- David Hunter, Professor of Epidemiology
- Dariush Mozaffarian, Co-director of the Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
- Karen Peterson, Associate Professor of Nutrition
- Guy Reed, Associate Professor of Immunology
- Eric Rimm,Director of the Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
- Frank Sacks, Professor of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
- Stephanie Smith-Warner, Assistant Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology
- Meir Stampfer, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology
- Marianne Wessling-Resnick, Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry
- Walter Willett, Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition