About the Authors

Catherine Méplan

Affiliations Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, Human Nutrition Research Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Sabine Rohrmann

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Astrid Steinbrecher

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Lutz Schomburg

Affiliation Institute for Experimental Endocrinology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Eugène Jansen

Affiliation Laboratory for Health Protection Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Jakob Linseisen

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany, Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

John Hesketh

j.e.hesketh@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliations Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, Human Nutrition Research Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEH CM JL. Performed the experiments: SR AS CM EJ LS. Analyzed the data: SR CM JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL CM EJ LS JEH. Wrote the paper: JEH CM JL LS SR.