Goldbacher, Edie
La Grotte, Caitlin
Komaroff, Eugene
Vander Veur, Stephanie
Foster, Gary D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (F32 DK083910)
Article History
Received: 4 June 2015
Accepted: 26 August 2015
First Online: 4 September 2015
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: During the study, Dr. Foster served on scientific advisory boards of Con Agra Foods, Tate and Lyle, and United Health Group. Currently, Dr. Foster and Stephanie Vander Veur are full-time employees of Weight Watchers International. Edie Goldbacher, Caitlin La Grotte and Eugene Komaroff declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors. Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to assessment and study participation.