About the Authors

Robert Dent

bdent@ottawahospital.on.ca

Affiliations Weight Management Clinic, Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Angelique Blackmore

Affiliation Weight Management Clinic, Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada

Joan Peterson

Affiliation Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Rami Habib

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Gary Peter Kay

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Alan Gervais

Affiliation Weight Management Clinic, Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada

Valerie Taylor

Affiliation University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

George Wells

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests to declare: Dr. Gary Kay has been a speaker for AstroZeneca (makers of Seroquel). 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

Conceived and designed the experiments: GW RD. Analyzed the data: AG JP AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GPK RH JP AG RD VT GW AB. Wrote the paper: RD GW AG AB JP VT.