About the Authors

Sneha Sundaram

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Alex J. Freemerman

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Joseph A. Galanko

Affiliations UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Kirk K. McNaughton

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Katharine M. Bendt

Affiliation Mouse Phase I Unit, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

David B. Darr

Affiliations Mouse Phase I Unit, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Melissa A. Troester

Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Departments of Epidemiology, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Liza Makowski

liza.makowski@unc.edu

Affiliations UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS MAT LM. Performed the experiments: SS AJF JAG KKM KMB. Analyzed the data: SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DBD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SS MAT LM.