About the Authors
- Lenard I Lesser
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¤ Current address: Tufts University Family Medicine Residency, Malden, Massachusetts, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Cara B Ebbeling
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Merrill Goozner
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Affiliation The Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- David Wypij
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Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America , Clinical Research Program, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- David S Ludwig
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: david.ludwig@childrens.harvard.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
DSL is author of a book on childhood obesity (Ending the Food Fight).
Author Contributions
LIL and CBE participated equally in study design, data collection, analyses, and drafting of the manuscript. MG collected and analyzed data, and helped revise the manuscript. DW provided statistical advice, and helped revise the manuscript. DSL was the principal investigator, supervised the study, and helped write the manuscript.