About the Authors

Karen C. Goehring

Affiliation Department of Global Discovery Research, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Adam D. Kennedy

Affiliation Metabolon, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Pedro A. Prieto

Affiliation Department of Global Discovery Research, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Rachael H. Buck

rachael.buck@abbott.com

Affiliation Department of Global Discovery Research, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

KCG, PAP, and RHB are employed by Abbott Nutrition, whose company funded this study, and own shares of stock in the company. ADK is an employee of Metabolon, Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: KCG RHB. Performed the experiments: ADK. Analyzed the data: KCG ADK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KCG ADK RHB. Wrote the paper: KCG ADK PAP RHB.