About the Authors

Michaela Nagl

michaela.nagl@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Anja Hilbert

Affiliations Integrated Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Martina de Zwaan

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Elmar Braehler

Affiliations Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Anette Kersting

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EB AK AH MdZ. Analyzed the data: MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK AH MdZ EB MN. Wrote the paper: MN. Interpretation of the data: MN AH MdZ EB AK. Revision of the article: MN AH MdZ EB AK. Final approval: MN AH MdZ EB AK.