About the Authors

Anne von Ruesten

Anne.von.Ruesten@dife.de

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam- Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

Annika Steffen

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam- Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

Anna Floegel

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam- Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

Daphne L. van der A

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Health (CVG), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Giovanna Masala

Affiliation Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute – ISPO, Florence, Italy

Anne Tjønneland

Affiliation Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jytte Halkjaer

Affiliation Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark

Domenico Palli

Affiliation Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute – ISPO, Florence, Italy

Nicholas J. Wareham

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ruth J. F. Loos

Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

Heiner Boeing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam- Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: AvR. Wrote the paper: AvR. Performed the statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript: AvR. Supervised the work: TIAS HB. Co-ordinator of the research line 3 (RTD 3) “Obesity, genes and diet at the population level” in the framework of Diogenes: TIAS. Responsible for critical review of the manuscript and helped with the interpretation of the results: AS AF DLvdA GM AT JH DP NJW RJFL TIAS HB.