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Readers' Forum RESPONSE TO NUTRITION SUMMARY
As a member of the subcommittee currently working on bringing the 10th edition of the RDAs to a publishable state, I am seriously distressed by the tone of the comment in the nutrition summary published in the April issue of JNE regarding "Recommended Dietary Intakes for Humans" IJNE 20:76, 1988). The socalled "suppressed" 10th edition was not published by the Academy because it failed to pass peer'review. It was not barred from publication as has frequently been alleged for "policy" reasons but for ;ri('nti(;r olir<. Tlwre are sufficiently se11011- ,("1('111111(" Ilr\\, in the reasoning that led to the proposed "RDIs" that practicing nutritionists would be ill-advised to accept them, even on a temporary basis.
The new "recommended" intakes have no official standing in the scientific community. I regret that the Journal felt called upon to give even further publicity to recommendations that are, in the end, opinions of single researchers, recommendations that could not meet the very stringent review process of the NAS. We hope to have the 10th edition ready for publication for early 1989. We intend to make the reasoning and the science behind the recommendations sufficiently clear that those who apply and teach the RDAs will feel confident about the basis for their establishment.
ERRORS IN ARTICLE ON NUTRIENT ANALYSIS SOFTWARE I am writing to point out that there were two errors in Table 1 of our article "A Comparison of Results from Two Microcomputer Nutrient Analysis Software Packages and a Mainframe System" IJNE 20:70-76, 1988). The release of Nutritionist III that we used provided information on 58 nutrients (not 38), and versions of this package capable of running on Apple and Macintosh computers were available. We apologize to N-Squared Computing andJNE readers for these errors.
Joan Gussow, Ed.D., Mary Swartz Rose, Professor of Nutrition and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Richard Mattes, PhD., Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3308.
Call for Contributions to the History of SNE You now have a chance to share your experiences in SNE. Have you served on a committee, a task force, an advisory council, or a board? Have you attended annual meetings? Do you have a particular reason for being an SNE member? Let us know about it. SNE has passed its 20th year, and it is time to write the history of the important experiences of those years. The history will focus on three main areas: • People involved in SNE, • National events and policies, and • Nutrition education as a discipline.
Our Society is well known for its diversity of membership and its leadership in developing meaningful positions to assist national policy makers. You were and are part of what makes it all happen. Share your story. please write a brief account (no more than 400 words) or record it on a tape (no more than 5 minutes). If your account needs to be longer let us know and we will contact you about it. Your account could be related to
It Service on a board, a task force, a committee, or an advisory council, • Participation at the annual meetings, the White House Conference, or other national, state, and local meetings and conferences, or • Impact of establishing nutrition education as a discipline. Help us to record SNE's history. Send your contribution by December 31, 1988 to Helen D. Ullrich, 1116 Miller Ave., Berkeley, CA 94708, or call (415) 843-7572 uyou have questions.
Ad Hoc Committee on Developing SNE's History Helen D. Ullrich, Chair George M. Briggs Joan D. Gussow
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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION
VOLUME 20 NUMBER 4 1988
Readers' Forum RESPONSE TO NUTRITION SUMMARY
As a member of the subcommittee currently working on bringing the 10th edition of the RDAs to a publishable state, I am seriously distressed by the tone of the comment in the nutrition summary published in the April issue of JNE regarding "Recommended Dietary Intakes for Humans" IJNE 20:76, 1988). The socalled "suppressed" 10th edition was not published by the Academy because it failed to pass peer'review. It was not barred from publication as has frequently been alleged for "policy" reasons but for ;ri('nti(;r olir<. Tlwre are sufficiently se11011- ,("1('111111(" Ilr\\, in the reasoning that led to the proposed "RDIs" that practicing nutritionists would be ill-advised to accept them, even on a temporary basis.
The new "recommended" intakes have no official standing in the scientific community. I regret that the Journal felt called upon to give even further publicity to recommendations that are, in the end, opinions of single researchers, recommendations that could not meet the very stringent review process of the NAS. We hope to have the 10th edition ready for publication for early 1989. We intend to make the reasoning and the science behind the recommendations sufficiently clear that those who apply and teach the RDAs will feel confident about the basis for their establishment.
ERRORS IN ARTICLE ON NUTRIENT ANALYSIS SOFTWARE I am writing to point out that there were two errors in Table 1 of our article "A Comparison of Results from Two Microcomputer Nutrient Analysis Software Packages and a Mainframe System" IJNE 20:70-76, 1988). The release of Nutritionist III that we used provided information on 58 nutrients (not 38), and versions of this package capable of running on Apple and Macintosh computers were available. We apologize to N-Squared Computing andJNE readers for these errors.
Joan Gussow, Ed.D., Mary Swartz Rose, Professor of Nutrition and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Richard Mattes, PhD., Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3308.
Call for Contributions to the History of SNE You now have a chance to share your experiences in SNE. Have you served on a committee, a task force, an advisory council, or a board? Have you attended annual meetings? Do you have a particular reason for being an SNE member? Let us know about it. SNE has passed its 20th year, and it is time to write the history of the important experiences of those years. The history will focus on three main areas: • People involved in SNE, • National events and policies, and • Nutrition education as a discipline.
Our Society is well known for its diversity of membership and its leadership in developing meaningful positions to assist national policy makers. You were and are part of what makes it all happen. Share your story. please write a brief account (no more than 400 words) or record it on a tape (no more than 5 minutes). If your account needs to be longer let us know and we will contact you about it. Your account could be related to
It Service on a board, a task force, a committee, or an advisory council, • Participation at the annual meetings, the White House Conference, or other national, state, and local meetings and conferences, or • Impact of establishing nutrition education as a discipline. Help us to record SNE's history. Send your contribution by December 31, 1988 to Helen D. Ullrich, 1116 Miller Ave., Berkeley, CA 94708, or call (415) 843-7572 uyou have questions.
Ad Hoc Committee on Developing SNE's History Helen D. Ullrich, Chair George M. Briggs Joan D. Gussow
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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION
VOLUME 20 NUMBER 4 1988