About the Authors

Susannah Colt

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Maria N. Garcia-Casal

Affiliation Evidence and Programme Guidance, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas

Affiliation Evidence and Programme Guidance, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Julia L. Finkelstein

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Pura Rayco-Solon

Affiliation Evidence and Programme Guidance, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Zita C. Weise Prinzo

Affiliation Evidence and Programme Guidance, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Saurabh Mehta

smehta@cornell.edu

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SM is an unpaid board member for a diagnostic start up focused on developing point-of-care assays for nutritional status using the results from his research as a faculty member at Cornell University. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SM JPPR. Formal analysis: SC MNGC PRS ZCWP JPPR JLF SM. Funding acquisition: JPPR. Methodology: SC MNGC PRS ZCWP JPPR JLF SM. Supervision: SM JPPR. Visualization: SC MNGC PRS. Writing – original draft: SC MNGC JPPR PRS. Writing – review & editing: ZCWP JLF SM.