About the Authors

Andrew C. Pool

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Temple University College of Health Professions and Social Work Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE), Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jennifer L. Kraschnewski

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jennifer M. Poger

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Joshua Smyth

Affiliation Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Heather L. Stuckey

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Timothy J. Craig

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Erik B. Lehman

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Chengwu Yang

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christopher N. Sciamanna

csciamanna@hmc.psu.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS TC. Performed the experiments: JP AP. Analyzed the data: AP JK JP JS HS EL CY CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS, TC. Wrote the paper: AP JK JP JS HS TC EL CY CS.