About the Authors

Maaike G. J. Gademan

Contributed equally to this work with: Maaike G. J. Gademan, Marloes Vermeulen

m.g.gademan@amc.uva.nl

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center - University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Marloes Vermeulen

Contributed equally to this work with: Maaike G. J. Gademan, Marloes Vermeulen

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center - University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Adriëtte J. J. M. Oostvogels

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center - University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tessa J. Roseboom

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tommy L. S. Visscher

Affiliations Research center for the prevention of overweight, Windesheim and VU University, EMGO+, Zwolle/Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Health Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Manon van Eijsden

Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology, Documentation and Health Promotion, Public Health Service of Amsterdam (GGD), Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Marcel T. B. Twickler

Affiliation Department Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

Tanja G. M. Vrijkotte

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center - University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGJG TJR MVE MTBT TGMV. Performed the experiments: MV AJJMO. Analyzed the data: MGJG MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGJG MV TGMV. Wrote the paper: MGJG MV. Conducted research: AJJMO MV. Designed the research: MGJG TJR MVE TGMV. Reviewed the manuscript: AJJMO TJR TLSV MVE MTBT TGMV. Advised on the study design: TLSV MTBT. Advised on the data analyses: TGMV. Approved the final version of the manuscript: MGJG TJR AJJMO MV MVE TLSV TGMV MTBT.