About the Authors

Fernando Fernández-Aranda

ffernandez@bellvitgehospital.cat (FF-A); felipe.casanueva@usc.es (FFC)

FF-A and SS are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Sarah Sauchelli

FF-A and SS are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain

Antoni Pastor

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Human Pharmacology and Clinical Neurosciences Research Group, Neuroscience Research Program, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain

Marcela L. Gonzalez

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Rafael de la Torre

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Human Pharmacology and Clinical Neurosciences Research Group, Neuroscience Research Program, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Roser Granero

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Departament de Psicobiologia i Metodologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Susana Jiménez-Murcia

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Rosa Baños

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Psychological, Personality, Evaluation and Treatment of the University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Cristina Botella

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Basic Psychology, Clinic and Psychobiology of the University Jaume I, Castelló, Spain

Jose M. Fernández-Real

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IdlBGi) Hospital Dr Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain

Jose C. Fernández-García

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de Victoria, Málaga, Spain

Gema Frühbeck

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Javier Gómez-Ambrosi

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Roser Rodríguez

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IdlBGi) Hospital Dr Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain

Francisco J. Tinahones

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de Victoria, Málaga, Spain

Jon Arcelus

Affiliation Eating Disorders Service, Glenfield University Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Ana B. Fagundo

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Zaida Agüera

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Jordi Miró

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Felipe F. Casanueva

ffernandez@bellvitgehospital.cat (FF-A); felipe.casanueva@usc.es (FFC)

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Department of Medicine, Endocrinology Division, Santiago de Compostela University, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Competing Interests

Co-author Dr. Susana Jiménez-Murcia is currently an Academic Editor for this journal. However this does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies on sharing data and materials and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FFA SS AP RdlT SJM RB CB JMFR GF FJT ABF ZA FFC. Performed the experiments: FFA SS AP JCFG JGA RR ABF ZA. Analyzed the data: RG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FFA SS AP RdlT RB CB JMFR GF JGA FJT FFC. Wrote the paper: FFA SS AP MLG RdlT SJM RB CB JMFR GF JGA FJT JA ABF ZA JM FFC.