Tufts University's Health and Nutrition Letter (HNL)

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Volume 34   •   Number 11  •  January 2017

Eating to Beat Belly Fat

You may begrudge belly fat because it makes it tougher to fit into your clothes, but a bigger reason to whittle your waistline is for your health. The belly fat you can pinch, which sits just below your skin, is called subcutaneous fat. The bigger health risk is thought to …


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Editor-in-Chief
Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH
Dean, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Executive Editor
Alice H. Lichentenstein, DSc
Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition; Senior Scientist and Director, Cardiovascular Nutrition Library
Managing Editor
David A. Fryxell
Editorial Advisory Board
Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD
Professor; Senior Scientist and Director
Antioxidants Research Laboratory

Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology;
Senior Scientist and Director, Bone Metabolism Laboratory

Jeanne P. Goldberg, PhD, Professor; Director Nutrition Communication Program

Robin B. Kanarek, PhD
Professor, Nutrition and Behavior

Joel B. Mason, MD
Professor, Nutrition and Medicine,

Diane L. McKay
Assistant Professor
Director, Nutritional Epidemiology Program

Helen M. Rasmussen, PhD, RD,
Instructor; Senior Research Dietitian, Metabolic Research Unit

Irwin H. Rosenberg, MD
University Professor

Jennifer M. Sacheck, PhD,
Associate Professor

Tammy Scott, PhD,
Assistant Professor;
Scientist II, Neuroscience and Aging Laboratory
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