About the Authors

Kristen Cooksey Stowers

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Kristen.cooksey@uconn.edu

Affiliations Department of Allied Health Sciences, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

Nana Yaa A. Marfo

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Eminet Abebe Gurganus

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Kim M. Gans

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Shiriki K. Kumanyika

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marlene B. Schwartz

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

Affiliations Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.