About the Authors

Christina Riedel

christina.riedel@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Munich, Germany

Rüdiger von Kries

Affiliation Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Munich, Germany

Anette E. Buyken

Affiliation IEL-Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Bonn, DONALD Study at the Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Dortmund, Germany

Katharina Diethelm

Affiliation IEL-Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Bonn, DONALD Study at the Research Institute of Child Nutrition, Dortmund, Germany

Thomas Keil

Affiliation Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Linus Grabenhenrich

Affiliation Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Manfred J. Müller

Affiliation Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science, Kiel, Germany

Sandra Plachta-Danielzik

Affiliation Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science, Kiel, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CR RVK SPD. Performed the experiments: CR. Analyzed the data: CR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CR RVK SPD. Wrote the paper: CR RVK SPD. Developed the study hypotheses: CR RVK. Contributed the first and final draft of the manuscript: CR RVK. Responsible for data management: CR. Performed the statistical analysis: CR. Provided the KOPS data: SPD. Major contributions in the writing process: SPD. Contributed to the interpretation of data: MM. Contributed to the final draft of the manuscript: MM. Contributed to the interpretation of the data: AB. Commented on earlier versions and the final draft of the manuscript: AB. Provided the DONALD data: KD. Collected and provided MAS data: LG. Critically revised the manuscript: KD LG. Contributed to subsequent drafts of the manuscript: TK.