About the Authors

Norberto C. Chavez-Tapia

khavez@gmail.com

Affiliation Obesity and Digestive Diseases Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico

Roberto Alfaro-Lara

Affiliation Obesity and Digestive Diseases Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico

Felix Tellez-Avila

Affiliation Endoscopy Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City Mexico

Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez

Affiliation National Institute of Public Health. Mexico City, Mexico

Octavio González-Chon

Affiliation Cardiology Department, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico

Nahum Mendez-Sanchez

Affiliation Obesity and Digestive Diseases Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico

Misael Uribe

Affiliation Obesity and Digestive Diseases Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: NCT FTA TBG OGC NMS MU. Conception and coordination of experiments: NCC-T. Data collection: NCC-T RA-L FT-A TB-G. Data management: NCC-T RA-L FT-A TB-G. Data interpretation: NCC-T TB-G OG-C NM-S MU.