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TABLES AND FIGURES. See current print or electronic Journal of Nutriton papers for examples of table and figure styles. For original submissions, figures and tables should be in the uploaded .PDF file; for revisions, tables and figure titles and legends must be included in the manuscript’s .doc file and each figure must be in a separate image file. Additional information on how to format electronic figure files is provided in the section on Manuscript Digital Files .

Tables or figures adapted or reproduced from another source must acknowledge that source in a table footnote or the figure legend and be accompanied by written proof that the copyright bearer has granted permission to reproduce or adapt the table or figure. To obtain permission, authors may need to reference the information found at the page, Permission to Re-Publish Copyrighted Content in The Journal of Nutrition. Authors of supplement and symposium manuscripts should include one of three statements in all figure and table captions:

1. Reproduced with permission from (reference X),
   
2. Adapted with permission from (reference X), or
   
3. Original to this manuscript.

Figures: Figure titles and legends should be compiled on one or more pages in the manuscript’s .doc file and should not be on the figure itself. Axes should be clearly labeled with variables and where appropriate, units of measure. Significant differences should be shown using symbols or letters. Titles should clearly and concisely describe the treatments and experimental animals or participants. Repetition of methodology should be minimized but specific assay conditions can be given. Each legend should contain enough detail, including an explanation of the results of statistical tests shown to ensure that the figure is interpretable without reference to the text. Figures should be sequentially cited in the text and the first reference to each figure should be in bold face. References cited in figure legends should be included in the Literature Cited section.

Make sure that any multi-panel figures are assembled into one image. Rather than sending 4 files or a .PDF file with multiple pages (Fig1A, Fig1B, Fig1C, Fig1D), the four parts should be assembled into one piece and supplied as a single image. Panels should be the same height and/or width and so line up with one another vertically and/or horizontally. White space within or between panels should be minimized. Separate panels should be labeled A, B, C, D, etc. (without the word Figure or the number) in the upper-left corner, near the graph. All text on figures should be in proportion and should be large enough to be legible after reduction to single-column width of 21 picas (about 3.5 in or 9 cm). Text size after reduction should be 6-8 points. Figures generally will be reproduced at one-column width (9 cm) unless the complexity of a figure demands a two-column width (18.5 cm). Figure keys should be on figures, within the bounds of the graphs or on X-axes, not in legends. Do not use unnecessary color for histograms, line drawings, etc., and use black and white hatching, shading, etc, (no 3-D depth, shadowing, or transitional shading). Hatching should not be overly “busy”. Remove background horizontal and vertical lines and colored backgrounds of line drawings, histograms, etc.; these should be white. Remove outer boxes from figures or figure panels.

Color reproduction costs will be charged to the author. During the online submission process, on the "Manuscript Metadata" screen, indicate: (1) the number of colored figures, (2) the numbers of those figures, (3) your willingness to pay color reproduction costs in the amount of $400 per figure. Color image files should not be uploaded for figures that will be printed in black and white or graytone.