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Nevin S. Scrimshaw. John C. Waterlow and Beat Schürch, Editors
International Dietary Energy Consultative Group
Proceedings of an I /D /E /C /G Workshop held in London, UK
October 31 - November 4, 1994

On behalf of the UN ACC-Subcommittee on Nutrition, the International Dietary Energy Consultative Group (I/D/E/C/G) has been established for the study of dietary energy intake in relation to the health and welfare of individuals and societies by the United Nations University. Its specific objectives are:

1. The compilation and interpretation of research data on functional and other consequences of deficiency, change or excess of dietary energy.
2. The identification of related research needs and priorities, and the promotion of needed research.
3. The publication of scientific and policy statements and other information on the significance of chronic deficiencies and excesses of dietary energy.
4. The identification and promotion of appropriated and practical means of corrective action.

I/D/E/C/G Steering Committee:

- Dr. N.S. Scrimshaw, UNU, Chairman
- Dr. J.G.A.J. Hautvast, IUNS
- Dr. B. Schürch, Executive Secretary

European Journal of CLINICAL NUTRITION

Volume 50, Supplement 1, February 1996

Supplement Editors

Nevin S. Scrimshaw, John C. Waterlow, Beat Schürch,
Proceedings of an IDECG Workshop held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
31 October-4 November 1994

Editors

J. S. Garrow
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Review Editor

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Bead Department of Chronic Disease and Environmental Epidemiology,
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Book Review Editor

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Editorial Board

KH Brown University of California, Davies, USA
TJ Cole Dunn Nutrition Laboratory, Cambridge, UK
EB Fern Nestlé Research Centre, Vers-Chez-les Blanc Switzerland
A Ferro-Luzzi National Institute of Nutrition, Rome, Italy
E Helsing World Health Organization, Copenhagen, Denmark
JK Huttunen National Public Health Institute, Finland
JGAJ Hautvast Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
S Inoue Yokohama City University, Kanazawa, Japan
WPT James Rowett Research Institute Aberdeen, UK
E Jéquier University of Lausanne, Switzerland
MR Law St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London, UK
D Lemonnier INSERM Paris, France
J Mann University of Otago, New Zealand
JA Olson lowa State University, Ames, USA
G Schöch Förschungsinstitut für Kinderenährung, Dortmund Germany
S Truswell University of Sydney, Australia

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