''The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition'' (''AJCN'') is a monthly

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biomedical journal in the fields of

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and

clinical nutrition Clinical nutrition centers on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of nutritional changes in patients linked to chronic diseases and conditions primarily in health care. Clinical in this sense refers to the management of patients, including no ...

. The journal was established in 1952 as the ''Journal of Clinical Nutrition'', edited by S.O. Waife and published by the Nutrition Press. It was continued in series under the present title from 1954 and was published by the

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(ASCN).Catalog entry
at the

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. It is now published by the

American Society for Nutrition The American Society for Nutrition (ASN) is an American society for professional researchers and practitioners in the field of nutrition. ASN publishes four journals in the field of nutrition. It has been criticized for its financial ties to the ...

. The journal's editor-in-chief is

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. A poll conducted in 2009 by the Biomedical and Life Sciences Division of the

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identified the journal as among the "100 most influential journals ... over the last 100 years" in the fields of

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and medicine. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 7.045.

Conflicts of interest

Marion Nestle Marion Nestle (born 1936) is an American molecular biologist, nutritionist, and public health advocate. She is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health Emerita at New York University. Her research examines s ...

voiced concerns in November 2013 about

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by the ''AJCN'' board. Nestle stated that of the twelve-member editorial board "the majority — 7 of the 12 — list ''major'' corporate affiliations. The list of food companies for which they consult or advise ... includes

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, The Sugar Association, The

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, McDonald’s, Kellogg,

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, and many others." In a 2015 report,

Michele Simon Michele Simon (born 1965) is a public health lawyer who has been researching and writing about food policy since 1996. Her work has been featured on CNBC, CBS News, ''The New York Times'', ''San Francisco Chronicle'', ''Chicago Tribune'', Reuters, ...

also voiced concerns regarding corporate involvement with the American Society for Nutrition's journals. The journal publicly lists the conflicts of interest of its editorial board on its website.

References

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