Efficacy and Safety of Protein Supplements for U.S. Armed Forces Personnel: Consensus Statement1,2,3,4,5
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Presented at the Efficacy and Safety of Protein Supplements for U.S. Armed Forces Personnel meeting, held at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, 7–8 November 2012. The summit was sponsored by the Department of Defense, Center Alliance for Dietary Supplements Research. The views expressed in these papers are not necessarily those of the Supplement Coordinator or Guest Editors. The Supplement Coordinator for this supplement was Krista G. Austin, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. Supplement Coordinator disclosures: Krista G. Austin had no conflicts to disclose. This supplement is the responsibility of the Guest Editor to whom the Editor of The Journal of Nutrition has delegated supervision of both technical conformity to the published regulations of The Journal of Nutrition and general oversight of the scientific merit of each article. The Guest Editor for this supplement was Kevin Schalinske. Guest Editor disclosure: Kevin Schalinske had no conflicts to disclose. Publication costs for this supplement were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This publication must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 USC section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and are not attributable to the sponsors or the publisher, Editor, or Editorial Board of The Journal of Nutrition.
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Supported by the U.S. Army Military Research and Materiel Command and the Department of Defense Center Alliance for Dietary Supplements Research.
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Author disclosures: E. W. Askew received an honorarium for participation in the symposium. S. M. Pasiakos, K. G. Austin, and H. R. Lieberman, no conflicts of interest.
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Consensus was based on recommendations, review, and agreement of all subject matter experts presenting at the 2012 Department of Defense Center Alliance for Dietary Supplements Research Symposium: Efficacy and Safety of Protein Supplements for U.S. Armed Forces Personnel.
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The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the U.S. Army or the Department of Defense. Any citations of commercial organizations and trade names in this report do not constitute an official Department of the Army endorsement of approval of the products or services of these organizations.
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These authors contributed equally to this article.
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The term “warfighter” is used by the U.S. Department of Defense to refer to any member of the U.S. Armed Forces. Warfighter is intended to be neutral regarding military service or branch, sex, and service status and replaces previously used terminology including “soldier,” “service member,” and “military personnel.”