About the Authors

Takashi Uebanso

Affiliations Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan, Department of Metabolic Disorder, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yutaka Taketani

taketani@nutr.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Hironori Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Kikuko Amo

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Hirokazu Ominami

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Hidekazu Arai

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Nutrition Management, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, The University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

Yuichiro Takei

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Masashi Masuda

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Ayako Tanimura

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Nagakatsu Harada

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Hisami Yamanaka-Okumura

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Eiji Takeda

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TU Y. Taketani HA ET. Performed the experiments: TU KA HO Y. Takei MM AT. Analyzed the data: TU KA HO Y. Takei MM AT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TU Y. Taketani HY HA NH HY-O ET. Wrote the paper: TU Y. Taketani ET.