About the Authors

Fumiaki Imamura

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

fumiaki.imamura@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Stephen J. Sharp

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Albert Koulman

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centres Core Nutritional Biomarker Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centres Core Metabolomics and Lipidomics Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Matthias B. Schulze

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam, Germany

Janine Kröger

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam, Germany

Julian L. Griffin

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

José M. Huerta

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Consejería de Sanidad y Política Social, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Murcia, Spain, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain

Marcela Guevara

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain, Navarre Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain

Ivonne Sluijs

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

Antonio Agudo

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Nutrition, Environment and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain

Eva Ardanaz

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain, Navarre Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain

Beverley Balkau

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Inserm U1018, Paris-Sud University, University Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris Saclay University, Villejuif, France

Heiner Boeing

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam, Germany

Veronique Chajes

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Christina C. Dahm

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Courtney Dow

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Inserm U1018, Paris-Sud University, University Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris Saclay University, Villejuif, France, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France

Guy Fagherazzi

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Inserm U1018, Paris-Sud University, University Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris Saclay University, Villejuif, France, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France

Edith J. M. Feskens

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

Paul W. Franks

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Family Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden

Diana Gavrila

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain, Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, Murcia, Spain, Murcia BioHealth Research Institute–Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain

Marc Gunter

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Section for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Rudolf Kaaks

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Timothy J. Key

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kay-Tee Khaw

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tilman Kühn

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Olle Melander

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Skane University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden

Elena Molina-Portillo

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada/Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

Peter M. Nilsson

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Anja Olsen

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Kim Overvad

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Section for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Domenico Palli

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cancer Risk Factors and Lifestyle Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute, Florence, Italy

Salvatore Panico

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Olov Rolandsson

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Family Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Sabina Sieri

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Carlotta Sacerdote

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital–University of Turin and Center for Cancer Prevention, Torino, Italy

Nadia Slimani

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Annemieke M. W. Spijkerman

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands

Anne Tjønneland

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Rosario Tumino

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Affiliation Cancer Registry, Department of Prevention, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Ragusa, Ragusa, Italy

Yvonne T. van der Schouw

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

Claudia Langenberg

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Elio Riboli

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Nita G. Forouhi

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Nick J. Wareham

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

JLG is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), a working group in the UK to examine the evidence linking dietary fats and health outcomes. CL receives a stipend as a specialty consulting editor for PLOS Medicine and serves on the journal's Editorial Board.