Jenkins, David J. A.
Kendall, Cyril W. C.
Lamarche, Benoît
Banach, Monica S.
Srichaikul, Korbua
Vidgen, Edward
Mitchell, Sandy
Parker, Tina
Nishi, Stephanie
Bashyam, Balachandran
de Souza, Russell J.
Ireland, Christopher
Pichika, Sathish C.
Beyene, Joseph
Sievenpiper, John L.
Josse, Robert G.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Peanut Institute
Canada Research Chairs
International Tree Nut Council
Loblaw Companies
Article History
Received: 9 June 2017
Accepted: 7 February 2018
First Online: 23 May 2018
Change Date: 8 January 2019
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: In contrast to statements made in the above paper, measurements of waist and hip circumference were in fact available.
Duality of interest
: DJAJ has received research grants from: Saskatchewan Pulse Growers; the Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program through the Pulse Research Network; the Advanced Foods and Material Network; Loblaw Companies Ltd.; Unilever; Barilla; the Almond Board of California; Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC); Pulse Canada; Kellogg’s Company, Canada; Quaker Oats, Canada; Procter & Gamble Technical Centre Ltd.; Bayer Consumer Care, Springfield, NJ; Pepsi/Quaker; International Nut & Dried Fruit Council (INC); Soy Foods Association of North America; The Coca-Cola Company (investigator initiated, unrestricted grant); Solae; Haine Celestial; the Sanitarium Company; Orafti; the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation; the Peanut Institute; the Canola and Flax Councils of Canada; the CCC; the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR); the Canada Foundation for Innovation; and the Ontario Research Fund. DJAJ has received in-kind supplies for trials as a research support from the Almond Board of California, Walnut Council of California, American Peanut Council, Barilla, Unilever, Unico, Primo, Loblaw Companies, Quaker (Pepsico), Pristine Gourmet, Bunge Limited, Kellogg Canada, WhiteWave Foods. DJAJ has also been on the speaker’s panel, served on the scientific advisory board and/or received travel support and/or honoraria from: the Almond Board of California; Canadian Agriculture Policy Institute; Loblaw Companies Ltd.; the Griffin Hospital (for the development of the NuVal scoring system); The Coca-Cola Company; EPICURE; Danone; Diet Quality Photo Navigation (DQPN); Better Therapeutics (FareWell); Verywell; True Health Initiative; Institute of Food Technologists (IFT); Saskatchewan Pulse Growers; Sanitarium Company; Orafti; the Almond Board of California; the American Peanut Council; the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation; the Peanut Institute; Herbalife International; Pacific Health Laboratories; Nutritional Fundamental for Health; Barilla; Metagenics; Bayer Consumer Care; Unilever Canada and the Netherlands; Solae; Kellogg’s; Quaker Oats; Procter & Gamble; the Coca-Cola Company; the Griffin Hospital; Abbott Laboratories; the Canola Council of Canada; Dean Foods; the California Strawberry Commission; Haine Celestial; PepsiCo; the Alpro Foundation; Pioneer Hi-Bred International; DuPont Nutrition and Health; Spherix Consulting and WhiteWave Foods; the Advanced Foods and Material Network; the Canola and Flax Councils of Canada; the Nutritional Fundamentals for Health; AAFC; the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute; Pulse Canada; the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers; the Soy Foods Association of North America; the Nutrition Foundation of Italy (NFI); Nutra-Source Diagnostics; the McDougall Program; the Toronto Knowledge Translation Group (St Michael’s Hospital); the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine; The Hospital for Sick Children; the Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS); the American Society of Nutrition (ASN); Arizona State University; Paolo Sorbini Foundation; and the Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes. DJAJ has received an honorarium from the US Department of Agriculture to present the 2013 W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture, the 2013 Award for Excellence in Research from INC and funding and travel support from the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism to produce mini cases for the CDA. He is also a member of the International Carbohydrate Quality Consortium (ICQC). DJAJ’s wife, A. L. Jenkins (Risk Factor Modification Centre, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada), is a director and partner of Glycaemic Index Laboratories, Inc. (Toronto, ON, Canada), and his sister, C. E. Brydson (Caro Cares, Dementia Care, Bracebridge, ON, Canada), received funding through a grant from the St Michael’s Hospital Foundation to develop a cookbook for one of his studies that will in the future be expanded into book form for the general public.
: CWCK has received research grants, travel funding, consultant fees, honoraria, or has served on the scientific advisory board for: Abbott Laboratories; Advanced Food Materials Network; AAFC; Almond Board of California; American Peanut Council; American Pistachio Growers; Barilla; Bayer; California Strawberry Commission; California Walnut Commission; Calorie Control Council; CIHR; Canola Council of Canada; The Coca Cola Company; Danone; General Mills; Haine Celestial; INC; International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation; Kellogg’s; Kraft; Loblaw Brands Ltd.; NFI; Oldways Preservation Trust; Orafti, Paramount Farms; the Peanut Institute; PepsiCo; Pulse Canada; Sabra Dipping Co.; Saskatchewan Pulse Growers; Solae; Sun-Maid; Tate & Lyle; Unilever; and WhiteWave Foods. CWCK is on the Dietary Guidelines Committee for the Diabetes Nutrition Study Group of the EASD. He is also a member of the ICQC, Executive Board Member of the Diabetes and Nutrition Study Group (DNSG) of the EASD, and Director of the Toronto 3D Knowledge Synthesis and Clinical Trials foundation.
: BL is chair of Nutrition at Université Laval, which is supported by private endowments from Pfizer, La Banque Royale du Canada and Provigo-Loblaws. BL has received funding in the past 5 years from: the CIHR; the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; AAFC (Growing Forward programme, supported by the Dairy Farmers of Canada, the Canola Council of Canada, the Flax Council of Canada and Dow Agrosciences); the Dairy Research Institute; Dairy Australia; Merck Frost; Pfizer; and Atrium Innovations. BL has received honoraria from the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk, the Dairy Farmers of Canada, and the World Dairy Platform as an invited speaker in various conferences.
: RJdS has received research support from the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation and CIHR as principal investigator. He is a co-investigator on several funded team grants from CIHR. He has served as an external resource person to the World Health Organization’s Nutrition Guidelines Advisory Group on trans fats, saturated fats and polyunsaturated fats. The WHO paid for his travel and accommodation to attend meetings from 2012–2017 to present and discuss this work. He has also done contract research for the CIHR’s Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism, and Diabetes, Health Canada and the WHO. He received compensation for a lecture on dietary fat given at McMaster Pediatric Nutrition Days in 2016. He is a past recipient of a CIHR postdoctoral-fellowship.
: JLS has received research support from: the CIHR; Diabetes Canada; PSI Foundation; BBDC; CNS; American Society for Nutrition (ASN); Calorie Control Council; INC International Nut and Dried Fruit Council Foundation; National Dried Fruit Trade Association; The Tate and Lyle Nutritional Research Fund at the University of Toronto; and The Glycemic Control and Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Fund at the University of Toronto (a fund established by the Alberta Pulse Growers). He has received in-kind research support from: the Almond Board of California; California Walnut Commission; American Peanut Council; Barilla; Unilever; Unico; Primo; Loblaw Companies; Quaker (Pepsico); Kellogg Canada; and WhiteWave Foods. He has received travel support, speaker fees and/or honoraria from: Diabetes Canada; CNS; Mott’s LLP; Dairy Farmers of Canada; Sprim Brasil; WhiteWave Foods; Rippe Lifestyle; mdBriefcase; Alberta Milk; FoodMinds LLC; Memac Ogilvy & Mather LLC; PepsiCo; The Ginger Network LLC; International Sweeteners Association; Nestlé Nutrition Institute; Pulse Canada; Canadian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism (CSEM); Barilla Centre for Food and Nutrition (BCFN) Foundation; and GI Foundation. He has ad hoc consulting arrangements with Winston & Strawn LLP, Perkins Coie LLP, and Tate & Lyle. He is a member of the European Fruit Juice Association Scientific Expert Panel. He is on the Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committees of Diabetes Canada, EASD, Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS), and Canadian Obesity Network. He serves as an unpaid scientific advisor for the Food, Nutrition, and Safety Program (FNSP) and the Technical Committee on Carbohydrates of the International Life Science Institute (ILSI) North America. He is a member of the ICQC, Executive Board Member of the DNSG of the EASD and Director of the Toronto 3D Knowledge Synthesis and Clinical Trials foundation. JLS’ wife, M. Garsetti, is an employee of Unilever Canada. All other authors declare that there is no duality of interest associated with this manuscript.