Authors: Sharon S Elliott, Nancy L Keim, Judith S Stern, Karen Teff and Peter J Havel

Affiliation: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, November 2002 Sharon S Elliott is a writer for American Journal of Clinical NutritionNancy L Keim was a research Chemist UC Davis and is at Western Human Nutrition Research Center Research Chemist

Peter J Havel received his Ph.D in Endocrinology, and works for University of California, Davis nutrition department

Judith S Stern S.M. Sc.D. Nutrition from Harvard university School of Public Health and works for University of California, Davis nutrition department

Karen L. Teff, received her Ph.D. from McGill University she is presently a working at Monell Chemical Senses Center

The writers co-wrote this article to bring awareness to the nutritional field on the affects of HFCS. Their audience is other professionals in the field of nutrition and health. I know this because the magazine this article came from is a paid for subscription for this industry. One thing I did notice is they do you terminology the average person would not understand. The audience may have been persuaded by the reading of this article based on the writers credibilities and the facts they included in this article.