About the Authors

Emily A. Hu

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Estefania Toledo

etoledo@unav.es

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine-Clinic, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, RETIC RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain

Javier Diez-Espino

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine-Clinic, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, RETIC RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Primary Health Care Center of Tafalla-Osasunbidea, Tafalla, Navarra, Spain

Ramon Estruch

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Internal Medicine, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Dolores Corella

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Jordi Salas-Salvado

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Human Nutrition Department, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain

Ernest Vinyoles

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, La Mina Primary Care Center, University of Barcelona, Spain, IDIAP JordiGol. Barcelona, Spain

Enrique Gomez-Gracia

Affiliations RETIC RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain

Fernando Aros

Affiliations RETIC RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Alava, Vitoria, Spain

Miquel Fiol

Affiliations RETIC RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Institute of Health Sciences IUNICS, University of Balearic Islands, and Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Jose Lapetra

Affiliations RETIC RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Family Medicine, Primary Care Division of Sevilla, San Pablo Health Center, Sevilla, Spain

Lluis Serra-Majem

Affiliations RETIC RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

Xavier Pintó

Affiliations RETIC RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Lipids and Vascular Risk Unit, Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Maria Puy Portillo

Affiliations RETIC RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Pharmacy, University of the Basque County (UPV/EHU), Vitoria, Spain

Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventos

Affiliations RETIC RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Pharmacy, XaRTA, INSA, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Emilio Ros

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Lipid Clinic, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jose V. Sorli

Affiliations CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine-Clinic, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, RETIC RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBER obn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ET MMG. Performed the experiments: JDE RE DC JSS EV EGG FA MF JL LlSM XP MPP RMLR ER JVS MMG. Analyzed the data: EAH ET MMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDE RE DC JSS EV EGG FA MF JL LlSM XP MPP RMLR ER JVS MMG. Wrote the paper: EAH ET MMG. Proofread the manuscript and contributed to data interpretation: EAH ET JDE RE DC JSS EV EGG FA MF JL LlSM XP MPP RMLR ER JVS MMG.