Federal government food policy committees and the financial interests of the food sector

Norm Campbell, MD, is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. He was on the steering committee of and was a member of the Sodium Working Group of Health Canada, and is a member of the sodium subgroup of the Food Expert Advisory Committee of Health Canada. Kevin J. Willis, PhD, is Executive Director of the Canadian Stroke Network. He was a member of the Sodium Working Group of Health Canada and is a member of the sodium subgroup of the Food Expert Advisory Committee of Health Canada. Gavin Arthur, PhD, is a research consultant based in Courtenay, British Columbia. Bill Jeffery, LLB, is the National Coordinator of the Centre for Science in the Public Interest and a member of the Steering Committee of the Conflicts of Interest Coalition. Mr. Jeffrey was a member of the Sodium Working Group of Health Canada. Helen Lee Robertson, MLIS, is a librarian at the Health Sciences Library, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. Diane L. Lorenzetti is a Research Librarian in the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, and the Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta.