About the Authors

Desiree C. Wilks

Affiliations Medical Research Council Collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Technische Universität München, Germany

Stephen J. Sharp

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ulf Ekelund

Ulf.Ekelund@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Simon G. Thompson

Affiliation Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Adrian P. Mander

Affiliation Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Rebecca M. Turner

Affiliation Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Susan A. Jebb

Affiliation Medical Research Council Collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Anna Karin Lindroos

Affiliation Medical Research Council Collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCW SJS UE SGT APM RMT SAJ AKL. Performed the experiments: DCW SJS UE SGT APM RMT SAJ AKL. Analyzed the data: SJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCW SJS UE SGT APM RMT SAJ AKL. Wrote the manuscript: DCW.