Nutrition and Diet Therapy Reference Dictionary, 5th Edition

Rosalinda T. Lagua, M.P.S., M.N.S., R.D., served as Senior Nutrition Services consultant in the New York State Department of Health for over twenty years. Other positions she held were as Director of Nutritional Services at University Hospital of the State University of New York (SUNY), Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, and Chief Therapeutic Dietitian at Highland View Genesee Hospital, Cleveland, OH Rochester, NY.

Virginia S. Claudio, Ph.D., M.N.S., and R.D., is a Consultant in dietetics and nutrition in Las Vegas, NV. She previously taught nutrition, dietetics, food science, foodservice management, and related courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels for twenty years, as well as working as a clinical dietitian for over fifteen years.