Editorial

What is Nutrition & Metabolism?

Richard D Feinman^1* and M Mahmood Hussain^1,2

• * Corresponding author: Richard D Feinman rfeinman@downstate.edu

Author Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203 USA

² Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203 USA

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Nutrition & Metabolism 2004, 1:1 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-1-1

Published: 17 August 2004

Abstract

A new Open Access journal, Nutrition & Metabolism (N&M) will publish articles that integrate nutrition with biochemistry and molecular biology. The open access process is chosen to provide rapid and accessible dissemination of new results and perspectives in a field that is of great current interest. Manuscripts in all areas of nutritional biochemistry will be considered but three areas of particular interest are lipoprotein metabolism, amino acids as metabolic signals, and the effect of macronutrient composition of diet on health. The need for the journal is identified in the epidemic of obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemias and related diseases, and a sudden increase in popular diets, as well as renewed interest in intermediary metabolism.