About the Authors

Daniela Friebe

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniela Friebe, Dennis Löffler

Affiliation University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Dennis Löffler

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniela Friebe, Dennis Löffler

Affiliations University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, Leipzig, Germany

Maria Schönberg

Affiliation University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Falk Bernhard

Affiliation University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Petra Büttner

Affiliation University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Kathrin Landgraf

Affiliations University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, Leipzig, Germany

Wieland Kiess

Affiliation University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Antje Körner

antje.koerner@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliations University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments and project idea: AK. Performed the experiments: DF MS DL KL FB PB. Analyzed the data: DF DL. Wrote the paper: DF DL. Critical revision: WK AK.