About the Authors

Andreas Schmitt

schmitt@diabetes-zentrum.de

Affiliations Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy Mergentheim (FIDAM), Theodor-Klotzbücher-Str. 12, 97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764 München-Neuherberg, Germany

André Reimer

Affiliations Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy Mergentheim (FIDAM), Theodor-Klotzbücher-Str. 12, 97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764 München-Neuherberg, Germany

Norbert Hermanns

Affiliations Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy Mergentheim (FIDAM), Theodor-Klotzbücher-Str. 12, 97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764 München-Neuherberg, Germany, Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg, Department for Psychology, Markusplatz 3, 96047 Bamberg, Germany

Jörg Huber

Affiliation Centre for Health Research, University of Brighton, Falmer, BN1 9PH, United Kingdom

Dominic Ehrmann

Affiliation Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy Mergentheim (FIDAM), Theodor-Klotzbücher-Str. 12, 97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany

Sabine Schall

Affiliation Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy Mergentheim (FIDAM), Theodor-Klotzbücher-Str. 12, 97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany

Bernhard Kulzer

Affiliations Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy Mergentheim (FIDAM), Theodor-Klotzbücher-Str. 12, 97980 Bad Mergentheim, Germany, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764 München-Neuherberg, Germany, Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg, Department for Psychology, Markusplatz 3, 96047 Bamberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS. Performed the experiments: AS AR DE SS. Analyzed the data: AS. Wrote the paper: AS AR NH. Contributed to the discussion: AS AR NH JH DE SS BK.