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Article History

Received: 27 January 2016

Revised: 9 February 2016

Accepted: 10 February 2016

First Online: 6 April 2016

Competing interests

: JB, JMG, JBvG, AWH, MTEH, JAI, RPM, HP, JAR, AMWJS, JCS, PV, MV and MHZ received compensation for meeting attendance and travelling expenses from the Health Council of the Netherlands; JB, AWH, JAI, DK, JAR, JCS and MV declare no other potential conflict of interest; JMG received research grants from the Dutch Dairy Association and Unilever; JBvG received research grants from Mead Johnson Nutrition, received research grants from, and was consultant for, Nutricia/Danone and received travel reimbursement and lecture fees from Nestle Nutrition Institute, all outside the submitted work; MTEH received a research grant from Unilever; RPM received research grants from Top Institute Food and Nutrition and Unilever; HP was consultant for L-Nutra and occiasionally scientific advisor for Tasty Basics, outside the submitted work; AMWJS was member of the scientific advisory board of Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, outside the submitted work; PvV received research grants from Top Institute Food and Nutrition, a public-private partnership; and MHZ received grants from research funding from a public-private partnership sponsorded by Danone, Unilever and Corbion, outside the submitted work, and was occasionally scientific advisor for Danone, Unilever, Corbion and Intersnack, outside the submitted work. JG, CJK and RMW declare no conflict of interest.contains a detailed explanation of how the Health Council has handled interests of the committee.