Editor
Patricia Savino, ND, MBA, CNSDAssociate Editor
Carlos Arturo Hernandez, MD, MPH
Editorial committeeAntonio Campos, MD, PhD, Brazil
Diana Cárdenas, MD, MSc, Colombia
María Clara Casas, MD, Colombia
Isabel Cerebelli, RN, PhD, BrazilYadyra Cortés, ND, MSc, Colombia
Ana María Menéndez, QF, PhD, Argentina
Rami Mikler, MD, Colombia
Ilvar Muñoz, QF, M.Sc, ColombiaJosé Félix Patiño, MD, Colombia
Saúl Rugeles, MD, Colombia
Patricia Savino, ND, Colombia
Gustavo Tovar, MD, Colombiascientific Comittee
Francisco Ayola, MD, Colombia
Gertrudis Baptista, ND, Venezuela
Erix Bozón, MD, Colombia
Juan Carlos Castillo, MD, Mexico
Adriana Cribelli, MD, Argentina
José Culebras, MD, Spain
Stanley Dudrick, MD, USA
Sergio Echenique, MD, Peru
Jaime Escallón, MD, CanadaHumberto Faín, MD, Argentina
Eduardo Ferrarresi, MD, Argentina
Rafael Figueredo, MD, Paraguay
Vanesa Fucks, MD, Mexico
Elías García Mayorca, MD, Panama
María Inés Hartman, MD, Venezuela
Oscar Jaramillo, MD, Colombia
Gustavo Kliger, MD, Argentina
Alfredo Mattos, MD, PanamaÁngela María Marín, ND, Colombia
Laura Materese, ND, USA
Remy Meier, MD, Switzerland
Néstor Muñoz, MD, Colombia
Merce Planas, MD, Spain
José Mario Pimiento, MD, USA
Luis Nin, MD, Uruguay
Erick Valencia, MD, Colombia
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Semiannual publication of the Colombian Association of Clinical Nutrition – Avenida 15 No. 118-03 Offices 513 / 514
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Board of Directors
2012 -2014
President
Josef Kling, MD
Vice president
Adriana Amaya, ND
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Fanny Aldana, ND
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Jaime Escallón Mainwaring, MD
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Oscar Jaramillo Robledo, MD
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