About the Authors

Timothy S. Church

tim.church@pbrc.edu

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Corby K. Martin

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Angela M. Thompson

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Conrad P. Earnest

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Catherine R. Mikus

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Steven N. Blair

Affiliation Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TSC SB. Performed the experiments: TSC CPE. Analyzed the data: TSC CKM AT CPE CM SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TSC. Wrote the paper: TSC CKM AT CPE CM SB.