About the Authors

Nhung Nghiem

Affiliation Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, Wellington South, New Zealand

Tony Blakely

Affiliation Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, Wellington South, New Zealand

Linda J. Cobiac

Current Address: British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches to NCD Prevention, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Affiliations Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, Wellington South, New Zealand, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Amber L. Pearson

Current Address: Department of Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, Wellington South, New Zealand

Nick Wilson

nick.wilson@otago.ac.nz

Affiliation Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, Wellington South, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NW TB LC. Performed the experiments: NN. Analyzed the data: NN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NN NW LC AP. Wrote the paper: NW TB NN LC AP.