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Abbreviations and Acronyms
AA arachidonic acid (omega-6 fatty acid)
ADA American Dietetic Association
ADME absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
AI Adequate Intake
ASN American Society for Nutrition
BMI body mass index
BPA bisphenol A
CALERIE Comprehensive Assessment of Long-Term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFSAN Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA)
CPI consumer price index
CR caloric restriction
CSPI Center for Science in the Public Interest
CVB3 coxsackie B3 virus
CYP3A cytochrome P450-3A
DDT dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DHA docosahexaenoic acid (omega-3 fatty acid)
DNRC Division of Nutrition Research Coordination (NIH)
DRI Dietary Reference Intake
DSHEA Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act
DTH delayed-type hypersensitivity
EAR Estimated Average Requirement
EPA eicosapentaenoic acid (omega-3 fatty acid)
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FDC Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
Fight BAC! Fight Foodborne Bacteria
FPI Food Policy Institute (Rutgers University)
FSIS Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA)
GI gastrointestinal
GMA Grocery Manufacturers Association
GRAS Generally Recognized as Safe
HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HNRCA Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (Tufts University)
IFIC International Food Information Council
IFN-g Interferon-gamma
IGF-1 insulin-like growth factor-1
IOM Institute of Medicine
IU International Unit
KO knock-out [mice]
LDL low-density lipoprotein
LTC long-term care
MPa Megapascal
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NIA National Institute on Aging
NIH National Institutes of Health
NLEA Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990
NOAEL no-observable-adverse-effect level
NORC naturally occurring retirement community
NSAID non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
NZFSA New Zealand Food Safety Authority
OAA Older Americans Act
ODS Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH)
PCA Peanut Corporation of America
PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls
PEEK polyether ether ketone
PGE2 prostaglandin E2
psi pounds per square inch
RDA Recommended Dietary Allowance
RDI Reference Daily Intake
SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate
Se selenium
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (USDA)
SNE Society for Nutrition Education
STEC Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
S.T.O.P. Safe Tables Our Priority
TNF tumor necrosis factor
UK United Kingdom
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
UV ultraviolet [light]
WIC Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (USDA)
