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Received: 27 June 2019

Revised: 25 February 2020

Accepted: 4 March 2020

First Online: 17 March 2020

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: AV is full-time employee at Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences SA. WHMS reports having received research support from several food companies, such as Nestlé, DSM, Unilever, Nutrition et Sante, and Danone as well as Pharmaceutical companies, such as GSK, Novartis, and Novo Nordisk; he is an unpaid scientific advisor for the International Life Science Institute, ILSI Europe. AA reports grants and personal fees from McCain Foods, personal fees from Dutch Beer Knowledge Institute, the Netherlands, personal fees from Gelesis, personal fees from Novo Nordisk, Denmark, outside the submitted work, and royalties received for the book first published in Danish as <i>Verdens Bedste Kur</i> (Politiken; Copenhagen, Denmark), and subsequently published in Dutch as <i>Het beste dieet ter wereld</i> (Kosmos Uitgevers; Utrecht/Antwerpen, the Netherlands), in Spanish as <i>Plan DIOGENES para el control del peso. La dieta personalizada inteligente</i> (Editorial Evergra ́ficas; Léon, Spain), and in English as <i>World’s Best Diet</i> (Penguin, Australia). EEB receives grant support from food industry, such as DSM, Danone, Friesland Campina, Avebe, and Sensus, partly within the context of public–private consortia and has received funding from pharmaceutical companies like Novartis. She is involved in several task forces/expert groups related to the International Life Science Institute, ILSI Europe. All other authors report no possible conflicts of interest.