About the Authors
- Andy R Ness
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Andy.Ness@bristol.ac.uk
Affiliation Department of Oral and Dental Science, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
- Sam D Leary
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Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Calum Mattocks
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Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Steven N Blair
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Affiliation Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
- John J Reilly
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Affiliation Division of Developmental Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Jonathan Wells
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Sue Ingle
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Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Kate Tilling
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Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- George Davey Smith
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Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Chris Riddoch
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¤ Current address: School for Health, University of Bath, Bath, United KIngdom
Affiliation London Sport Institute, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
ARN, CM, GDS, and CR devised the analysis plan. ARN, SDL, CM, SNB, JJR, JW, SI, KT, GDS, and CR contributed to discussions that informed the analysis plan. SDL and SI carried out the analysis with advice from KT. ARN wrote the first draft of the paper. All authors commented on subsequent drafts and approved the final version of the paper. ARN had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.