About the Authors

Mehdi Javanbakht

m.javanbakht@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation Health Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Atefeh Mashayekhi

Affiliation Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hamid R. Baradaran

Affiliation Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

AliAkbar Haghdoost

Affiliation Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Ashkan Afshin

Affiliation Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJ HB AAH. Analyzed the data: MJ HB AM AA AAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJ HB AA. Wrote the paper: MJ AM HB AAH AA.