About the Authors

Brendan Egan

Affiliations Institute for Sport and Health, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy, and Population Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Integrative Physiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Paul L. O’Connor

Affiliation School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

Juleen R. Zierath

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Section of Integrative Physiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Donal J. O’Gorman

donal.ogorman@dcu.ie

Affiliations School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, Centre for Preventive Medicine, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interest: This study was partly funded by European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes/Novo Nordisk European Clinical Research Programme in Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes (DJOG). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BE DJO. Performed the experiments: BE PLO. Analyzed the data: BE PLO JRZ DJO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRZ DJO. Wrote the paper: BE JRZ DJO.