About the Authors

Irene Lenoir-Wijnkoop

P.I.Lenoir-Wijnkoop@uu.nl

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Director Public Health &Scientific Relations, Danone Company, Paris, France

Laetitia Gerlier

Affiliation QuintilesIMS Real-World Evidence, Zaventem, Belgium

Denis Roy

Affiliation Department of Food Sciences, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Gregor Reid

Affiliation Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

ILW is employed by Danone and LG is employed by IMS RWES HEOR. Both employers were not involved in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. DR and GR do not declare any competing interest.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ILW GR. Data curation: LG. Formal analysis: LG. Funding acquisition: ILW. Investigation: ILW LG. Methodology: LG. Project administration: ILW. Resources: ILW LG DR GR. Software: LG. Supervision: GR DR. Validation: DR GR. Visualization: ILW LG GR. Writing – original draft: ILW LG.