About the Authors

Alicja A. Skowronski

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States of America

Yann Ravussin

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States of America

Rudolph L. Leibel

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States of America, Obesity Research Core, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States of America

Charles A. LeDuc

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

cal8@cumc.columbia.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States of America, Obesity Research Core, Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.