About the Authors

Stefan K. Lhachimi

S.Lhachimi@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Statistics and Mathematical Modeling, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Wilma J. Nusselder

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Henriette A. Smit

Affiliation Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Pieter van Baal

Affiliations iBMG/iMTA, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Expertise Centre for Methodology and Information Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Paolo Baili

Affiliation Fondazione IRCCS “Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori”, Descriptive Studies and Health Planning Unit, Milan, Italy

Kathleen Bennett

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Esteve Fernández

Affiliations Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Control and Prevention Programme, Institut Català d’Oncologia-ICO, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universitat de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Margarete C. Kulik

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Center for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Tim Lobstein

Affiliation Director of Policy and Programmes,IASO - the International Association for the Study of Obesity IOTF - the International Obesity TaskForce, London, United Kingdom

Joceline Pomerleau

Affiliation Department of Biometrics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Johan P. Mackenbach

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Hendriek C. Boshuizen

Affiliations Department of Statistics and Mathematical Modeling, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Department of Biometrics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKL WJN HS PvB JPM HCB. Analyzed the data: SKL. Wrote the paper: SKL. Collected and validated data on all respective diseases and/or risk factors: PB KB EF MCK TL JP.