Shivappa, Nitin
Steck, Susan E.
Hussey, James R.
Ma, Yunsheng
Hebert, James R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R44DK103377, R44DK103377)
Article History
Received: 5 January 2015
Accepted: 22 November 2015
First Online: 7 December 2015
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. James R. Hébert owns controlling interest in Connecting Health Innovations LLC (CHI), a company planning to license the right to his invention of the dietary inflammatory index (DII) from the University of South Carolina in order to develop computer and smart phone applications for patient counseling and dietary intervention in clinical settings. Dr. Nitin Shivappa is a paid employee of CHI.