About the Authors

Carolyn O. Walsh

Affiliation New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cara B. Ebbeling

Affiliation New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Janis F. Swain

Affiliation Center for Clinical Investigation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert L. Markowitz

Affiliation New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Henry A. Feldman

Affiliation Clinical Research Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David S. Ludwig

david.ludwig@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliation New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DSL CBE. Performed the experiments: CBE RLM JFS COW. Analyzed the data: HAF. Wrote the paper: COW CBE DSL.