About the Authors

Kimberly D. Cephas

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Juhee Kim

Affiliations Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Rose Ann Mathai

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Kathleen A. Barry

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Scot E. Dowd

Affiliation Research and Testing Laboratory and Medical Biofilm Research Institute, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Brandon S. Meline

Affiliation Department of Maternal and Child Health, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Kelly S. Swanson

ksswanso@illinois.edu

Affiliations Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSS JK. Performed the experiments: KDC RAM KAB BSM. Analyzed the data: KDC KAB SED KSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSS SED. Wrote the paper: KSS SED.