About the Authors

Anita Ashok Kumar

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Scott Kahan

Affiliations Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Health Policy, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, D. C., United States of America, Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Rohit Joshua Samson

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nelson David Boddu

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Lawrence Jay Cheskin

lcheskin@jhsph.edu

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAK GPSS SK LJC. Performed the experiments: AAK GPSS SK RJS NDB LJC. Analyzed the data: AAK GPSS SK LJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAK GPSS SK LJC. Wrote the paper: AAK GPSS SK LJC.