The journal was established in 1952 as the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, edited by S.O. Waife and published by the Nutrition Press.[2] It was continued in series under the present title from 1954 and was published by the American Society for Clinical Nutrition (ASCN).[3] It is now published by the American Society for Nutrition.[4] As of June 2009[update], the journal's editor-in-chief is Dennis M. Bier (Baylor College of Medicine).[5]