Conference Planning and Writing Committee:Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD, Robert H. Eckel, MD, Marguerite Engler, PhD, RN, Barbara V. Howard, PhD, Ronald M. Krauss, MD, Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, Frank Sacks, MD, Sachiko St. Jeor, PhD, Meir Stampfer, MD, DrPH, For the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee Speakers and Discussants:, Robert H. Eckel, MD, Scott M. Grundy, MD, PhD, Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH, Tim Byers, MD, Hannia Campos, PhD, Greg Cooney, PhD, Margo A. Denke, MD, Barbara V. Howard, PhD, Eileen Kennedy, DSc, Ronald M. Krauss, MD, Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, Peter Marckmann, MD, DSc, Thomas A. Pearson, MD, PhD, Gabriele Riccardi, MD, Lawrence L. Rudel, PhD, Mike Rudrum, PhD, Frank Sacks, MD, Daniel T. Stein, MD, Russell P. Tracy, PhD, Virginia Ursin, PhD, Robert A. Vogel, MD, Peter L. Zock, PhD, AHA Members:, Terry L. Bazzarre, PhD and Julie Clark, AHA Staff