About the Authors

Monica L. Bertoia

mbertoia@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kenneth J. Mukamal

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Leah E. Cahill

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tao Hou

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David S. Ludwig

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dariush Mozaffarian

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Walter C. Willett

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Frank B. Hu

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Eric B. Rimm

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: EBR has funding from the USDA/US Blueberry Highbush Council to conduct observational and experimental studies of blueberries and CVD health outcomes. DM has received ad hoc honoraria and consulting fees from Bunge, Haas Avocado Board, Nutrition Impact, Amarin, Astra Zeneca, Boston Heart Diagnostics, and Life Sciences Research Organization. He is on the scientific advisory board of Unilever North America. DSL has grants from philanthropic organizations and receives royalties from books on obesity. In all cases, these funding sources are unrelated to this project, and the authors perceive no pertinent conflicts. All other authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WCW EBR. Performed the experiments: MLB KJM LEC TH DSL DM WCW FBH EBR. Analyzed the data: MLB TH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MLB KJM LEC TH DSL DM WCW FBH EBR. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MLB EBR. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: MLB KJM LEC TH DSL DM WCW FBH EBR.