We sincerely thank the reviewers and especially contributors for this edition who have devoted hours and
hours of time and commitment to researching the book’s content for accuracy, reliability, and practicality.
We are greatly in debt to them and realize that we could not continue to produce this book without them. In
particular, we would like to acknowledge Emily Matson for her help with the new Infectious Disease chapter,
Ronona Crowder-Woods for her help with the Diabetes chapter, Hillary Nason on the Mediterranean
Diet appendix, Amanda Fredrickson on the Diabetes Exchange List appendix, Linden Hale on the Biotin
appendix, and Maya DiTraglia on the Choline appendix. Thank you!
We also wish to acknowledge the hard work of Sandra Clark, Senior Content Strategist, who keeps
the vision. Danielle Frazier, Senior Content Developmental Specialist, who can get the “hot off the press”
items we’d like included. Umarani Natarajan, Senior Project Manager, who amazingly keeps the manuscript
moving forward as she juggles between us and all others. Thank you!
Diane M. Anderson, PhD, RDN, CSP, FADA, a long-term contributor to this text, passed away on
October 22, 2020. Diane was a real treasure for this book for almost a quarter of a century, as she wrote
and revised the chapter on Medical Nutrition Therapy for Low-Birth-Weight Infants for 7 editions from
1996–2020. Dr. Anderson was a pioneer in the field of neonatal nutrition and helped train countless
dietitians through her writing in this text as well as for other publications and her work at Baylor College
of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital.
As editors we appreciated receiving her chapters, which were always up-to-date and on time. Diane was
gracious and kind and a delight to work with. We are very indebted to her and will miss her contribution
in the future.