About the Authors

Emilie Montastier

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR1048, Obesity Research Laboratory, Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (I2MC), Toulouse, France, University of Toulouse, UMR1048, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France, Toulouse University Hospitals, Departments of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, Toulouse, France

Nathalie Villa-Vialaneix

Affiliations INRA, UR875 MIAT, Castanet Tolosan, France, Statistique, Analyse, Modélisation Multidisciplinaire (SAMM), Université Paris 1, Paris, France

Sylvie Caspar-Bauguil

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR1048, Obesity Research Laboratory, Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (I2MC), Toulouse, France, University of Toulouse, UMR1048, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France, Toulouse University Hospitals, Departments of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, Toulouse, France

Petr Hlavaty

Affiliation Institute of Endocrinology, Obesity Management Centre, Prague, Czech Republic

Eva Tvrzicka

Affiliation Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Medical School, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Ignacio Gonzalez

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR1048, Obesity Research Laboratory, Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (I2MC), Toulouse, France, University of Toulouse, UMR1048, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

Wim H. M. Saris

Affiliation Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Dominique Langin

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR1048, Obesity Research Laboratory, Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (I2MC), Toulouse, France, University of Toulouse, UMR1048, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France, Toulouse University Hospitals, Departments of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, Toulouse, France

Marie Kunesova

Affiliation Institute of Endocrinology, Obesity Management Centre, Prague, Czech Republic

Nathalie Viguerie

nathalie.viguerie@inserm.fr

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR1048, Obesity Research Laboratory, Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (I2MC), Toulouse, France, University of Toulouse, UMR1048, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NVV WHMS DL MK NV. Performed the experiments: EM PH ET. Analyzed the data: EM NVV SCB IG NV. Wrote the paper: EM NVV SCB NV.