About the Authors

Jan Windholz

Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Windholz, Peter Kovacs

Affiliation University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Peter Kovacs

Contributed equally to this work with: Jan Windholz, Peter Kovacs

peter.kovacs@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Anke Tönjes

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Kathrin Dittrich

Affiliation University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Susann Blüher

Affiliations University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Wieland Kiess

Affiliation University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Michael Stumvoll

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Antje Körner

Affiliations University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig University Medical Center, IFB Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK PK. Performed the experiments: JW. Analyzed the data: JW AK PK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB KD. Wrote the paper: JW PK AK. Edited and reviewed the manuscript: AT MS WK.