About the Authors

Esther Zimmermann

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Centre for Health and Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sofia I. I. Kring

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Centre for Health and Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tina L. Berentzen

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Centre for Health and Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

Claus Holst

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Centre for Health and Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tune H. Pers

Affiliation Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Torben Hansen

Affiliation Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Oluf Pedersen

Affiliation Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Centre for Health and Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tine Jess

tj@ipm.regionh.dk

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospitals, Centre for Health and Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

TIAS has various collaborations with industries on obesity research as indicated on the website (http://www.ipm.hosp.dk/person/tias.htm)

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: EZ CH. Wrote the paper: EZ TIAS TJ. Reviewed and validated data and final analyses: TJ SIIK TB CH THP TH OP TIAS. Contributed to the interpretation of data and revision of the report, and approved the final version: TJ SIIK TB CH THP TH OP TIAS. Initiated the original and the current study: TIAS.