About the Authors

Rumi Chunara

rumi@alum.mit.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lindsay Bouton

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John W. Ayers

Affiliation Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

John S. Brownstein

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Ayers declares that a company he holds equity in has advised the Hopkins Weight Management Center on advertising. However, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC JWA. Performed the experiments: RC LB. Analyzed the data: RC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC JSB. Wrote the paper: RC JWA JSB.