Examination of different definitions of snacking frequency and associations with weight status among U.S. adults

• Alexandra E. Cowan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alexandra E. Cowan, Kelly A. Higgins

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

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition Science, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Kelly A. Higgins ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alexandra E. Cowan, Kelly A. Higgins

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

  * E-mail: khiggins@exponent.com

  Affiliations Department of Nutrition Science, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Center for Chemical Regulation and Food Safety, Exponent, Inc., Washington, DC, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0663-8975

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• Jennifer O. Fisher,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Obesity Research and Education, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Gina L. Tripicchio,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Obesity Research and Education, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Richard D. Mattes,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition Science, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Peishan Zou,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition Science, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Regan L. Bailey

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

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition Science, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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