Shivappa, Nitin http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0441-8896
Hébert, James R.
Taborelli, Martina
Montella, Maurizio
Libra, Massimo
Zucchetto, Antonella
Crispo, Anna
Grimaldi, Maria
La Vecchia, Carlo
Serraino, Diego
Polesel, Jerry
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R44DK103377)
Article History
Received: 15 October 2016
Accepted: 8 May 2017
First Online: 13 May 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Though this is not thought to represent a conflict, Dr. James R. Hébert wishes to disclose that he 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 an employee of CHI.