“ As a medical student, ASN is particularly invaluable to me because I am engaged in a community that recognizes and promotes the intimate relationship between nutrition and medicine. ASN has elevated the status of nutrition science as a powerful force in public health and, more importantly, in clinical practice. Access to a network of the brightest minds in nutrition reminds me how valuable the ASN is to a young professional like myself.”

— Elizabeth Ko, MD Former University of Miami Medical Student

ASN Student Membership: Only $35 a year! Visit www.nutrition.org/join

ASN ADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES AT-A-GLANCE

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Medical Students

The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) is a dynamic home for medical students who are interested in nutrition and related medical disciplines. ASN has over 4,800 members, and provides a variety of programs for its student members—who account for about 20 percent of total membership. ASN strives to increase the role of nutrition in medical education, practice and research. One way ASN accomplishes this goal is by providing a unique combination of experiences to medical student members.

• Special Programs for Medical Students Clinical Nutrition Internships The internship program matches medical students with ASN member mentors for eight-week rotations focused in clinical nutrition in U.S. medical schools or hospitals. In addition to the exposure to both clinical and academic aspects of nutrition, interns receive a $2,500 stipend. Clinical Emerging Leaders Awards The Clinical Emerging Leaders awards recognize medical students and trainees who have completed substantive research in nutrition; winners are eligible for stipends of $1,250.

• Clinical Nutrition Research & News An emphasis on medical applications for nutrition research runs throughout ASN’s member communities. The Medical Nutrition Council (MNC) is one of ASN’s three Scientific Councils. The MNC serves as the Society’s primary mechanism for disseminating clinical nutrition knowledge; promoting policies to prevent and treat nutrition-related diseases; training health professionals; and monitoring national dietary and disease trends. MNC members, including medical students, receive an exclusive bi-monthly newsletter tracking clinical nutrition and research news. Many of ASN’s fifteen Research Interest Sections also feature a translational approach that reinforces the work of the MNC. Through Sections such as Aging and Chronic Disease, Obesity, Diet and Cancer and Nutritional Immunology, ASN promotes knowledge exchange and the advancement and application of nutrition science in patient settings.

• 12 months of membership for only $35• As a medical resident, 12 months of membership for

only $60• Access ASN’s leading journals that focus on preventive,

therapeutic, international and community-based nutrition science and translational models

• Awards and travel grants • Information on employment, grant, scholarship and

internship opportunities• Receive Nutrition Today, an official ASN partner publication,

at a 58% discount off of the regular subscription rate• Connect with mentors who are experts in clinical and

translational nutrition• Multimedia resources including podcasts, author videos,

recorded webinars, videotaped lectures and more• Blog for ASN at www.nutrition.org• Joint efforts with the American Association of Medical

Colleges, American Medical Student Association, and other organizations

Please note that you must be a student at an accredited institution to become an ASN member. Additional details are available at www.nutrition.org/join or by emailing mem@nutrition.org.

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ASN Student Membership: Only $35 a year! Visit www.nutrition.org/join

Today physicians, nutrition researchers and others working in health care are faced with the daunting fact that most deaths are caused by complex diseases with many factors. Many diseases have strong links to dietary habits and nutritional status. In fact, seven of the ten major causes of death in the U.S. are significantly influenced by dietary factors, as are several major causes of morbidity. ASN fosters multidisciplinary research activities that address these important issues, as well as professional development programs that help train the next generation of medical nutrition researchers and practitioners.

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MEDICAL SPECIALTIES LINKED TO NUTRITION• Obesity: weight management, bariatric and

metabolic surgery • Cardiology: diet and atherosclerotic disease,

cardiac cachexia, lipid disorders • Endocrinology: diabetes, osteoporosis, metabolic

syndrome • Gastroenterology: digestive diseases,

malabsorption, liver disease• Nephrology• Oncology: diet and cancer, palliative care• Critical care: parenteral and enteral nutrition• Obstetrics and gynecology• Pediatrics: growth and development, food allergies• Geriatrics• Sports medicine: exercise in health and disease• Public and community health• International medicine• Internal medicine and family practice

ASN ADVANTAGES: Medical Students

• Medical Nutrition Programming Medical students especially benefit from engaging with established professionals about career advancement, emerging research and more during our educational programs. Advances and Controversies in Clinical Nutrition, ASN’s annual clinical conference, features interactive lectures led by expert speakers in clinical nutrition. The conference is designed to communicate significant advances in nutrition research and to stimulate discussion on emerging topics that impact human health.  The ASN Scientific Sessions & Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology also features medical nutrition programming. EB is an interdisciplinary meeting, bringing together over 14,000 physicians, scientists and other professionals in the life sciences from throughout the world. EB is the place for symposia, oral and poster sessions, career services and networking.

• Student Interest Group (SIG) ASN’s Student Interest Group (SIG) focuses on student-specific activities that assist you in gaining the most from your education. SIG programs such as the yearly Special Session at EB, Networking Hour with the ASN Fellows, Graduate Student Breakfast and Speed Mentoring help you prepare for post-degree success. Members of the SIG also work as liaisons with other committees in ASN to provide student perspective in all Society efforts across education and professional development, public affairs, and publications. The SIG is a great channel to learn of activities, conferences, and symposia designed for students. ASN and the SIG also offer numerous different travel and scientific awards specifically for student members.

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SLAIROTIDE Aging at home: more research on nutrition and independence, please. NS Wellman See corresponding article on page 1204. 1151

Does global hypomethylation contribute to susceptibility to neural tube defects? RH Finnell et al See corresponding article on page 1359. 1153

Is risk of Alzheimer disease a reason to use dietary supplements? J Dwyer and MD Donoghue See corresponding article on page 1402. 1155

ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Obesity and eating disorders Effect of conjugated linoleic acid on body fat accretion in overweight or obese children. NM Racine et al 1157

Body mass index patterns over 5 y in obese children motivated to participate in a 1-y lifestyle intervention: age as a predictor of long-term success. T Reinehr et al 1165

Nature and nurture in infant appetite: analysis of the Gemini twin birth cohort. CH Llewellyn et al 1172

Lipids Antioxidant-rich spice added to hamburger meat during cooking results in reduced meat, plasma, and urine malondialdehyde concentrations. Z Li et al 1180

v -3 Fatty acid supplements in women at high risk of breast cancer have dose-dependent effects on breast adipose tissue fatty acid composition. LD Yee et al 1185

Serum n − 6 fatty acids and lipoprotein subclasses in middle-aged men: the population-based cross-sectional ERA-JUMP Study. J Choo et al 1195

Cardiovascular disease risk The effect of home-delivered Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) meals on the diets of older adults with cardiovascular disease. JL Troyer et al See corresponding editorial on page 1151. 1204

Micronutrient concentrations and subclinical atherosclerosis in adults with HIV. EL Falcone et al 1213

A diet based on high-heat-treated foods promotes risk factors for diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. I Birlouez-Aragon et al 1220

Nutritional status, dietary intake, and body composition Rapid loss of appendicular skeletal muscle mass is associated with higher all-cause mortality in older men: the prospective MINOS study. P Szulc et al 1227

Eating vegetables first: the use of portion size to increase vegetable intake in preschool children. MK Spill et al 1237

Energy and protein metabolism Validation of predictive equations for resting energy expenditure in obese adolescents. GH Hofsteenge et al 1244

Vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation to prevent seasonal influenza A in schoolchildren. M Urashima et al 1255

Nutritional support L -Arginine supplementation improves exercise capacity after a heart transplant. S Doutreleau et al 1261

Cancer Multivitamin use and breast cancer incidence in a prospective cohort of Swedish women. SC Larsson et al 1268

Aging Associations between diet, lifestyle factors, and telomere length in women. A Cassidy et al 1273

Nutritional epidemiology and public health Dietary glycemic index and load in relation to risk of uterine leiomyomata in the Black Women’s Health Study. RG Radin et al 1281

Gastric cancer and salt preference: a population-based cohort study in Korea. J Kim et al 1289

Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis. SF Brennan et al 1294

Are dietary choline and betaine intakes determinants of total homocysteine concentration? JE Lee et al 1303

Is protein intake associated with bone mineral density in young women? JM Beasley et al 1311

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24th Annual International Conference on Practical Approaches to the Treatment of ObesityJune 17 - 19, 2010 • Royal Sonesta Hotel • Cambridge, MAAs health care professionals, we are faced everyday with the medical conse-quences of poor nutrition, inadequate physical activity and obesity. In order tomeet these challenges, we must stay up-to-date with the rapidly evolving sci-ence in the field of obesity medicine which is giving new insights into effectiveapproaches to the management of obesity.

To register or for more information please visitwww.cme.hms.harvard.edu/courses/practical or contact:George L. Blackburn, M.D., Ph.D.Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center330 Brookline Avenue, Feldberg 880, Boston, MA 02215Telephone: (617) 667-2603 Facsimile:(617) 667-2685Email: blackburncme@bidmc.harvard.edu

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Notice of Availability of Vitamin D Standard Reference Material Available on: April 15, 2009

NIH Office of Dietary Supplements and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has worked with the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Dietary Supplements to develop a standard reference material (SRM) for circulating vitamin D analysis. This reference material, SRM 972 Vitamin D in Human Serum, consists of four pools of fresh-frozen serum. Each pool has a different level of 25(OH)D2, 25(OH)D3, or both. One pool also contains 3-epi-25(OH)D3. The SRM will provide a material with stable, well-defined levels of the analytes of interest. It will serve as a reproducible point of comparison, of results across laboratories and within a given laboratory over time. Investigators can use the SRM to validate new analytical methods as they are developed and to assign values to in-house quality-control materials. Investigators also have the opportunity to participate in an ODS-funded NIST quality assurance program for analysis of vitamin D metabolites in human serum (e.g., 25(OH)D2 and 25(OH)D3): Participation in this quality assurance program will demonstrate your laboratory’s proficiency for assessment of vitamin D status. As such, it adds to the credibility of your study results. There will be no fee for participation (nor will study participants be paid to participate). NIST chemometricians will compile data and provide you with confidential feedback regarding your laboratory’s performance relative to expected values. Also available from NIST is the new SRM 3280 for multivitamin/multielement tablets. This will be of value to manufacturers and clinical trialists who currently have no definitive, independently certified standard with which to verify their testing methods and calibrate their equipment.

Inquiries: Karen Phinney, Ph.D. National Institute of Standards and Technology

Phone: 301-975-4457; e-mail: karen.phinney@nist.gov

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