About the Authors

Julia M. Appel

Contributed equally to this work with: Julia M. Appel, Karen Fullerton, Erin Hennessy, Ariella R. Korn, Alison Tovar, Christina D. Economos

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Karen Fullerton

Contributed equally to this work with: Julia M. Appel, Karen Fullerton, Erin Hennessy, Ariella R. Korn, Alison Tovar, Christina D. Economos

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Erin Hennessy

Contributed equally to this work with: Julia M. Appel, Karen Fullerton, Erin Hennessy, Ariella R. Korn, Alison Tovar, Christina D. Economos

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ariella R. Korn

Contributed equally to this work with: Julia M. Appel, Karen Fullerton, Erin Hennessy, Ariella R. Korn, Alison Tovar, Christina D. Economos

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alison Tovar

Contributed equally to this work with: Julia M. Appel, Karen Fullerton, Erin Hennessy, Ariella R. Korn, Alison Tovar, Christina D. Economos

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Rhode Island, South Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

Steven Allender

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), Centre for Population Health Research, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

Peter S. Hovmand

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Social System Design Lab, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Matt Kasman

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Center on Social Dynamics and Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C, United States of America

Boyd A. Swinburn

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE), Centre for Population Health Research, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Aukland, New Zealand

Ross A. Hammond

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Center on Social Dynamics and Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C, United States of America

Christina D. Economos

Contributed equally to this work with: Julia M. Appel, Karen Fullerton, Erin Hennessy, Ariella R. Korn, Alison Tovar, Christina D. Economos

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

christina.economos@tufts.edu

Affiliation Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.