About the Authors

Rachel M. Amiya

rachel.amiya@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Krishna C. Poudel

Affiliation Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar

Affiliation Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Basu D. Pandey

Affiliation Everest International Clinic and Research Center, Kathmandu, Nepal

Masamine Jimba

Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMA KCP KPT. Performed the experiments: RMA KCP KPT BDP. Analyzed the data: RMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BDP. Wrote the paper: RMA. Lead investigator on the Healthy Living Intervention Study of which the present study constituted the baseline phase: KCP. Contributed substantially to manuscript revisions: RMA KCP KPT MJ. Monitored and supervised study progress: MJ.