About the Authors

Laura Johnson

l.johnson@public-health.ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Cornelia H. M. van Jaarsveld

Affiliation Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Pauline M. Emmett

Affiliation Department of Community Based Medicine, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom

Imogen S. Rogers

Affiliation School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom

Andy R. Ness

Affiliation Department of Oral and Dental Science, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom

Andrew T. Hattersley

Affiliations Genetics of Complex Traits, Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom, Diabetes Genetics, Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom

Nicholas J. Timpson

Affiliation MRC CAiTE Centre, Department of Social Medicine, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom

George Davey Smith

Affiliation MRC CAiTE Centre, Department of Social Medicine, Bristol University, Bristol, United Kingdom

Susan A. Jebb

Affiliation MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJ SJ. Analyzed the data: LJ. Wrote the paper: LJ. Provided critical revisions and final approval of the manuscript: LJ CHMvJ PME ISR ARN ATH NJT GDS SJ. Provided comments on the analysis and interpretation: CHMvJ PME ARN ATH NJT GDS SJ. Coordinated the dietary data collection: PME. Calculated the dietary variables: ISR.