这个系列的卷册包含了对人类和动物营养理解的基础性主题、解决当前争议的有用主题以及依靠营养进展解决社会和预防医学问题的相关主题的非常全面的评论。其中许多个别文章被评为有关给定主题的最全面的评论之一。自1959年首卷出版以来，该系列因其学术质量和作者声誉而多次获得赞誉。

Volumes in this series consist of exceptionally thorough reviews on topics selected as either fundamental to improved understanding of human and animal nutrition, useful in resolving present controversies, or relevant to problems of social and preventive medicine that depend for their solution on progress in nutrition. Many of the individual articles have been judged as among the most comprehensive reviews ever published on the given topic. Since the first volume appeared in 1959, the series has earned repeated praise for the quality of its scholarship and the reputation of its authors.