About the Authors

Mia-Maria Perälä

mia.perala@thl.fi

Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

Satu Männistö

Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

Niina E. Kaartinen

Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

Eero Kajantie

Affiliations Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Clive Osmond

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

David J. P. Barker

Affiliations MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, Heart Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Fetal Programming Research Chair, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Liisa M. Valsta

Affiliations Department of Lifestyle and Participation, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Data Collection and Exposure, European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy

Johan G. Eriksson

Affiliations Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Unit of General Practice, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland, Vaasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M-MP SM NEK JGE. Analyzed the data: M-MP CO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK LMV DJPB JGE. Wrote the paper: M-MP SM EK JGE.