About the Authors

E. F. Myers

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

efmyers@efmyersconsulting.com

Affiliation EF Myers Consulting Inc, Trenton, Illinois, United States of America

J. S. Parrott

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Interdisciplinary Studies and Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

P. Splett

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Splett & Associates, LLC, Stanchfield, Minnesota, United States of America

M. Chung

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

D. Handu

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research International and Scientific Affairs, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

Esther Myers was employed by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics until 2012 and developed the Evidence Analysis Library provided consultant services to USDA in establishing the Nutrition Evidence Library and currently owns her consulting business, EF Myers Consulting, Inc. Patricia Splett provided consultant services to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and provided training for Evidence Analysts and currently owns her consulting business, Splett & Associates, LLC'. James Parrott was employed by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2004 and currently owns his consulting business, Formula for Fitness. Esther Myers, James Parrott and Patricia Splett conducted research on a similar topic cited in the manuscript, Funding source and research report quality in nutrition practice related research, in 2011. Funding for salaries of PIs were received by their individual consulting companies which had no other role in the research for EM, PS, and JP. Funding for other project support were received and disbursed by EF Myers, Consulting. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.