About the Authors

Terrence E. Forrester

terrence.forrester@uwimona.edu.jm

Affiliations Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, Liggins Institute and National Research Centre for Growth and Development, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Asha V. Badaloo

Affiliation Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

Michael S. Boyne

Affiliation Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

Clive Osmond

Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Debbie Thompson

Affiliation Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

Curtis Green

Affiliation Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

Carolyn Taylor-Bryan

Affiliation Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

Alan Barnett

Affiliation Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

Suzanne Soares-Wynter

Affiliation Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica

Mark A. Hanson

Affiliation Institute of Developmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Alan S. Beedle

Affiliation Liggins Institute and National Research Centre for Growth and Development, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Peter D. Gluckman

Affiliation Liggins Institute and National Research Centre for Growth and Development, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TEF PDG MSB CO. Performed the experiments: AVB MSB DT CG CT-B AB SS-W. Analyzed the data: CO TEF MSB. Wrote the paper: TEF PDG ASB MAH.