About the Authors

Monica H. T. Wong

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Claus Holst

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

Arne Astrup

Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Teodora Handjieva-Darlenska

Affiliation National Multiprofile Transport Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

Susan A. Jebb

Affiliation Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Anthony Kafatos

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Nutrition Clinic, University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraclion, Crete, Greece

Marie Kunesova

Affiliation Obesity Management Centre, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic

Thomas M. Larsen

Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

J. Alfredo Martinez

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Nutrition, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Andreas F. H. Pfeiffer

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

Marleen A. van Baak

Affiliation Department of Human Biology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Wim H. M. Saris

Affiliation Department of Human Biology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Paul D. McNicholas

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

David M. Mutch

dmutch@uoguelph.ca

Affiliation Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

on behalf of DiOGenes

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MHTW PDM AA WHMS DMM. Performed the experiments: MHTW PDM DMM. Analyzed the data: MHTW PDM DMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA TH-D SAJ AK MK TML JAM AFHP MAVB WHMS CH. Wrote the paper: MHTW PDM DMM.