About the Authors

Avner Ben-Ner

benne001@umn.edu

Affiliation Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Darla J. Hamann

Affiliation School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

Gabriel Koepp

Affiliation Obesity Solutions, Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Chimnay U. Manohar

Affiliation Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

James Levine

Affiliation Obesity Solutions, Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts. Disclosure: Dr. Levine, prior to 2008, received consulting/royalty fees from Steelcase. He currently has no financial or legal agreement of any kind with Steelcase, Inc. The following authors received grant support: Koepp G, Levine J, and Ben-Ner A. The following authors received Consulting Fees: Hamann D. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL ABN GK DJH. Performed the experiments: JL ABN GK DJH CUM. Analyzed the data: ABN DJH. Wrote the paper: ABN DJH.