About the Authors
- Anne von Ruesten
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* E-mail: Anne.von.Ruesten@dife.de
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam- Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Annika Steffen
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam- Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Anna Floegel
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam- Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Daphne L. van der A
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Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Health (CVG), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Giovanna Masala
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Affiliation Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute – ISPO, Florence, Italy
- Anne Tjønneland
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Affiliation Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Jytte Halkjaer
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Affiliation Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Domenico Palli
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Affiliation Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute – ISPO, Florence, Italy
- Nicholas J. Wareham
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Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Ruth J. F. Loos
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Affiliation MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
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Affiliation Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Heiner Boeing
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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.