About the Authors

Adrian B. Hodgson

Affiliation Human Performance Laboratory, School of Sport and Exercise Science, University Of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Rebecca K. Randell

Affiliation Human Performance Laboratory, School of Sport and Exercise Science, University Of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Asker E. Jeukendrup

a.e.jeukendrup@bham.ac.uk

Affiliations Human Performance Laboratory, School of Sport and Exercise Science, University Of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Gatorade Sport Science Institute, PepsiCo, Barrington, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

AEJ is employed by Pepsi Co. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Critically reviewed the paper: ABH RKR AEJ. Conceived and designed the experiments: ABH RKR AEJ. Performed the experiments: ABH RKR. Analyzed the data: ABH AEJ. Wrote the paper: ABH AEJ.