About the Authors

Mary Hynes

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

Mary.Hynes1@hse.ie

Affiliation Bariatric Medicine Service, Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland

Francis M. Finucane

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bariatric Medicine Service, Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Chris Collins

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland

Timothy O’Brien

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bariatric Medicine Service, Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Oliver McAnena

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland

Grace O’Shea

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bariatric Medicine Service, Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland

Monika Pilch

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Psychology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Brian E. McGuire

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bariatric Medicine Service, Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland, School of Psychology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.