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This article was written by Sandra Baker, EdD, RD, assistant professor and assistant chair, and Jillian Trabulsi, PhD, RD, associate professor and director of graduate nutrition program, Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition, both at the University of Delaware, Newark; and Taylor Evans, MS, RD, primary care registered dietitian, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, and Elizabeth Smith, RD, clinical dietitian II, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (at the time of the study, both were undergraduate students, University of Delaware, Newark).
STATEMENT OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
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