About the Authors

Kishan Bakrania

kb318@le.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit (BRU), Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Thomas Yates

Affiliations Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit (BRU), Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Alex V. Rowlands

Affiliations Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit (BRU), Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), Sansom Institute for Health Research, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Dale W. Esliger

Affiliations National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit (BRU), Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Sarah Bunnewell

Affiliation Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

James Sanders

Affiliations National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit (BRU), Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Melanie Davies

Affiliations Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit (BRU), Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Kamlesh Khunti

Affiliations Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care – East Midlands (CLAHRC – EM), Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Charlotte L. Edwardson

Affiliations Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit (BRU), Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KB TY AVR DWE SB JS MD KK CLE. Data curation: KB AVR CLE. Formal analysis: KB. Investigation: CLE JS SB. Methodology: KB TY AVR CLE. Software: KB AVR. Supervision: TY AVR MD KK CLE. Validation: KB. Visualization: KB. Writing – original draft: KB. Writing – review & editing: KB TY AVR DWE SB JS MD KK CLE.