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We like contributions on:

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Please support any arguments and stated facts with fully referenced evidence, or identify clearly if you’re being speculative.

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Submit your article

Please contact the editor with your ideas first and to receive details of how to submit. Articles can be accepted as Microsoft Word file, or as the text of an e-mail. Please do not include an abstract.

Word count

As a guide, one page is approximately equal to 1000 words. We also welcome shorter articles, but please try not to exceed 1000 words (including any references). Occasionally, if we agree the subject merits, we can take up to 2000 words for a major article. If space is at a premium, the article may be shortened, in consultation with author.

Affiliation

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Figures and tables

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References

These should be styled as below, numbered and listed in the order in which they appear:

Articles

Robinson SM, Jacard C, Persaud C et al. Protein turnover and thermogenesis in response to high-protein and high-carbohydrate feeding in men. Am J Clin Nutr 1990;52(1):72-80

Books

WHO. Protein and Amino Acid Requirements in Human Nutrition. Geneva, WHO, 2007

Lemon PWR. Chapter 5 in: Lanham-New S, Stear S, Shirreffs S & Collins AL (eds) Protein and Amino Acids in Sport and Exercise Nutrition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

Online material

Daily Mail, 2 May 2015 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3065494/Protesters-strip-Hyde-Park-latest-campaign-against-Protein-World-s-controversial-fat-shaming-adverts.html (accessed 4th May 2015)

Protein World website http://www.proteinworld.com/ (accessed 4th May 2015)

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