About the Authors

Guy H. E. J. Vijgen

Affiliations Department of Human Biology, School for Nutrition and Toxicology and Metabolism - NUTRIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of General Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Nicole D. Bouvy

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

G. J. Jaap Teule

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Boudewijn Brans

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Patrick Schrauwen

Affiliation Department of Human Biology, School for Nutrition and Toxicology and Metabolism - NUTRIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt

markenlichtenbelt@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of Human Biology, School for Nutrition and Toxicology and Metabolism - NUTRIM, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GV NB GJT BB PS WvML. Performed the experiments: GV WvML. Analyzed the data: GV WvML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GV NB GJT BB PS WvML. Wrote the manuscript: GV NB GJT BB PS WvML. Involved in the data collection: GV WvML. Prepared the first draft of manuscript: GV. Principal investigator: WvML. Reviewed the paper: WvML NB GJT BB PS. Approved the paper for publication: GV NB GJT BB PS WvML.