About the Authors

May A. Beydoun

baydounm@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, NIA/NIH/IRP, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Marie T. Fanelli-Kuczmarski

Affiliation Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Allyssa Allen

Affiliation University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Hind A. Beydoun

Affiliation Graduate Program in Public Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Barry M. Popkin

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Michele K. Evans

‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, NIA/NIH/IRP, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Alan B. Zonderman

‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, NIA/NIH/IRP, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAB. Performed the experiments: MAB MTFK MKE ABZ. Analyzed the data: MAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MTFK MKE ABZ. Wrote the paper: MAB AA HAB BMP MKE ABZ. Literature search and review: MAB MTFK AA HAB.