Note to Contributors

Note for Contributors to the Food and Nutrition Bulletin

The editors of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin welcome contributions of relevance to its concerns (see the statement of editorial policy). Submission of an article does not guarantee publication; acceptance depends on the judgment of the editors and reviewers as to its relevance and quality. All potentially acceptable manuscripts are peer-reviewed. Contributors should examine recent issues of the Bulletin for content and style.

Language. Contributions should be submitted in English.

Format. Manuscripts should be prepared on a computer, and submitted electronically via e-mail directly to the Managing Editor.

Abstract. An abstract of not more than 250 words should be included at the beginning of the manuscript, in the following format:
   • Background. The context of the problem you are investigating, with relevant historical information.
   • Objective. A one- or two- sentence description of the purpose of the study and what you expected to find.
   • Methods. Outline of study design, subject selection, analytical methods, data analysis.
   • Results. What you found based on your data. Give specific data and their statistical significance here if possible.
   • Conclusions. One- or two-sentence description of what you conclude from your results.

    Emphasize new and important aspects of the study or obervations. Do not include any information that is not given in the body of the article. Do not cite references or use abbreviations or acronyms in the abstract. of the study or investigation, basic procedures (study subjects or experimental animals and observational and analytical methods), main findings (give specific data and their statistical significance, if possible), and the principal conclusions. Emphasize new and important aspects of the study or observations. Do not include any information that is not given in the body of the article. Do not cite references or use abbreviations or acronyms in the abstract.

Key words. Authors should provide a minimum of four key words for the article.

Tables and figures. Tables and figures should be placed on separate pages in the manuscript file. Footnotes should be keyed to the relevant data points by letters or symbols. Figures should be submitted electronically, as part of the manuscript file or as a separate electronic file. The original data files for figures that use bar graphs, scatterplots, or other graphic representations of data should be sent along with the manuscript. Please double-check your data for accuracy and consistency with the text.

Photographs. Photographs may be mailed or submitted electronically. Mailed photographs will not be returned unless specifically requested.

Units of measure. All measurements should be expressed in metric units. If other units are used, their metric equivalent should be indicated.

Abbreviations. Please spell out all abbreviations used on the first reference.

References. References should be listed at the end of the article. Unpublished papers should not be listed as references, nor should papers submitted for publication but not yet accepted. Please double-check that reference numbers correspond to the correct numbers in the text.
Number references consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. References should be listed at the end of the article. Unpublished papers should not be listed as references, nor should papers submitted for publication but not yet accepted. Please double-check that reference numbers correspond to the correct numbers in the text. Be sure references are complete and current.

Reference citations should follow the format below.

Journal reference
---standard journal article (list all authors):
1. Alvarez MI, Mikasic D, Ottenberger A, Salazar ME. Caracteristicas de familias urbanas con lactante desnutrido: un análisis critico. Arch Lationoam Nutr 1979;29:220-30.
---corporate author:
2. Committee on Enzymes of the Scandinavian Society for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Physiology. Recommended method for the determination of gammaglutamyltransferase in blood. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1976;36:119-25.

Book or other monograph reference
---personal author(s):
3. Brozek J. Malnutrition and human behavior: experimental, clinical and community studies. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985.
---corporate author:
4. American Medical Association, Department of Drugs. AMA drug evaluations, 3rd ed. Littleton, Mass, USA: Publishing Sciences Group, 1977.
---editor, compiler, chairman as author:
5. Medioni J, Boesinger E, eds. Mécanismes éthologiques de l'évolution. Paris: Masson, 1977.
---chapter in book:
6. Barnett HG. Compatibility and compartmentalization in cultural change. In: Desai AR, ed. Essays on modernization of underdeveloped societies. Bombay: Thacker, 1971:20-35.

World Wide Web reference:
7. WHO HIV infections page. WHO web site. Available at: http://www.who.int/topics/hiv_infections/en/. Accessed 12 October 2004.
8. Nielsen J, Palle V-B, Martins C, Cabral F, Aaby P. Malnourished children and supplementary feeding during the war emergency in Guinea-Bissau in 1998-1999. [serial online]. Am J Clin Nutr; 2004; 80:1036-42. Accessed 12 October 2004.

Identification. Please give the full name of each author, the name of departments and institutions to which the work should be attributed, the name, mailing address, and e-mail address of the corresponding author, and sources of support for the work. If the material in the article has been previously presented or is planned to be published elsewhere—in the same or modified form—a note should be included giving the details.

Page charges. The Bulletin has a page charge of US$60 for unsolicited original research articles. One printed page in the Bulletin is equivalent to approximately 3 double-spaced manuscript pages. The Bulletin will waive these charges for authors in developing countries who do not have support that will cover page charges, but we require a formal letter requesting a waiver. Articles acknowledging major financial support, or from authors in industrialized countries, will not be eligible for waivers. This policy does not apply to solicited articles. Authors contributing to special issues and supplements are not responsible for page charges.

Manuscripts should be addressed to:
Susan Karcz, Managing Editor
FNB@inffoundation.org

Mailing address for other correspondence:
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The FNB Editorial Office is located in the
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