About the Authors
- Fabio Lauria
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Affiliation Unit of Epidemiology and Population Genetics, Institute of Food Sciences, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Avellino, Italy
- Alfonso Siani
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* E-mail: asiani@isa.cnr.it
Affiliation Unit of Epidemiology and Population Genetics, Institute of Food Sciences, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Avellino, Italy
- Karin Bammann
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Affiliation BIPS-Institute for Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Bremen, Germany
- Ronja Foraita
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Affiliation BIPS-Institute for Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Bremen, Germany
- Inge Huybrechts
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Affiliation Unit Nutrition and Food Safety, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Licia Iacoviello
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Affiliation Fondazione di Ricerca e Cura “Giovanni Paolo II”, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Campobasso, Italy
- Anna C. Koni
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Affiliation Institute for Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Yannis Kourides
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Affiliation Research and Education Foundation of Child Health, Strovolos, Cyprus
- Staffan Marild
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Denes Molnar
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Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Medical Faculty, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
- Luis A. Moreno
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Affiliation Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development (GENUD Research Group), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Iris Pigeot
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Affiliation BIPS-Institute for Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Bremen, Germany
- Yannis P. Pitsiladis
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Affiliation Institute for Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Toomas Veidebaum
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Affiliation National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
- Paola Russo
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Membership in the IDEFICS Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Affiliation Unit of Epidemiology and Population Genetics, Institute of Food Sciences, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Avellino, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AS PR IP YPP LI KB. Performed the experiments: FL PR ACK RF. Analyzed the data: FL AS PR. Wrote the paper: FL AS PR. Acquisition of data: AS IH YK SM DM LAM IP TV. Critical revision of the manuscript: KB RF IH LI ACK YK SM DM LAM IP YPP TV. Final approval: FL AS KB RF IH LI ACK YK SM DM LAM IP YPP TV PR.