About the Authors

Stefan M. Pasiakos

Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan M. Pasiakos, J. Philip Karl

Affiliation Military Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, United States of America

J. Philip Karl

Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan M. Pasiakos, J. Philip Karl

Affiliation Military Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, United States of America

Laura J. Lutz

Affiliation Military Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nancy E. Murphy

Affiliation Military Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lee M. Margolis

Affiliation Military Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jennifer C. Rood

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Sonya J. Cable

Affiliation Directorate of Basic Combat Training, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, United States of America

Kelly W. Williams

Affiliation Directorate of Basic Combat Training, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, United States of America

Andrew J. Young

Affiliation Military Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, United States of America

James P. McClung

james.mcclung@amedd.army.mil

Affiliation Military Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPK SJC KWW AJY JPM. Performed the experiments: SMP JPK LJL NEM LMM JCR SJC KWW JPM. Analyzed the data: JPK LJL SMP. Wrote the paper: SMP JPK JPM.