About the Authors

Thozhukat Sathyapalan

Thozhukat.sathyapalan@hyms.ac.uk

Affiliation Academic Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Natalie J. Thatcher

Current address: European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy

Affiliation Food Standards Agency, London, United Kingdom

Richard Hammersley

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Alan S. Rigby

Affiliation Department of Academic Cardiology, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Alexandros Pechlivanis

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Nigel J. Gooderham

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Elaine Holmes

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Carel W. le Roux

Affiliation Diabetes Complications Research Centre, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland

Stephen L. Atkin

Affiliation Weill Cornell Medical College Qatar, Education City PO Box 24144, Doha, Qatar

Fraser Courts

Affiliation Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UA, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Co-author Prof. S.L. Atkin is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria. All other authors have no competing interests to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLA NT TS. Performed the experiments: NT TS SLA AP NG CLR FC. Analyzed the data: EH ASR NT TS AP RH CLR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NG AP SLA EH CLR TS FC. Wrote the paper: NT TS SLA RH NG CLR ASR AP.