About the Authors

Charlotte L. Ridgway

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Søren Brage

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Stephen J. Sharp

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Kirsten Corder

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Kate L. Westgate

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Esther M. van Sluijs

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ian M. Goodyer

Affiliation Developmental Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Pedro C. Hallal

Affiliation Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Sigmund A. Anderssen

Affiliation Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway

Luis B. Sardinha

Affiliation Faculty of Human Movement, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Lars Bo Andersen

Affiliations Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway, Institute of Sports Science & Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Ulf Ekelund

ulf.ekelund@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB KC ES IG PH SA LS LA UE. Performed the experiments: SB KC ES IG PH SA LS LA UE. Analyzed the data: CR UE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KW KC. Wrote the paper: CR UE. Statistics: SS. Data processing: KW.