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Appendix A
Acknowledgments
The Panel on the Definition of Dietary Fiber, the Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes, and the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) staff are grateful for the time and effort of the many contributors to the report and the workshop and meetings leading up to the report. Through openly sharing their considerable expertise and different outlooks, these individuals and organizations brought clarity and focus to the challenging task of developing a definition for fiber. The list below mentions those individuals who we worked closely with, but many others also deserve our heartfelt thanks. Those individuals, whose names we do not know, made important contributions to the report by offering suggestions and opinions at the many professional meetings and workshops the Panel members attended. The Panel and Committee members, as well as the FNB staff thank the following named (as well as unnamed) individuals and organizations:
INDIVIDUALS
Nils-Georg Asp Michael Auerbach Jonathan DeVries Victor Fulgoni Daniel Gallaher Dennis Gordon |
Mark Izzo David Kritchevsky Betty Li Michael McBurney Barry McCleary |