Das, Sai Krupa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0788-0461
Benasi, Giada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1537-6655
Jakicic, John M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6800-9368
King, Wendy C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0740-0029
Yanovski, Susan Z.
Kelley, Stephanie S.
Mayer, Laurel E. S.
Whyte, Kathryn J.
Lowe, Michael R.
Roberts, Susan B. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1320-8460
Laughlin, Maren R.
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Gallagher, Dympna
Leibel, Rudolph
Mayer, Laurel
Rosenbaum, Michael
Ashby-Thompson, Maxine
Benasi, Giada
Foerde, Karin
Goldsmith, Rochelle
Hirano, Michio
LeDuc, Charles
Roberto, Christina
Seid, Heather
St-Onge, Marie-Pierre
Whyte, Kathryn
Zhang, Yiying
Aparicio, Alexis O.
Dratsky, Daaimah
Gu, Jingrui
Horowitz, Michelle
Lin, Susan Xiaoqin
McMath, Arden
Mikula, Cynthia
Nunez, Joel Matos
Picard, Martin
Schebendach, Janet
Sun, Yifei
Wong, Agnes
Yu, Wen Wen
Goodpaster, Bret
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Roberts, Susan B.
Lowe, Michael
Gomez, Alexis
Meierovich, Sophie
Saks, Rachel
Scharf, Mars
Williams, Edward
Zhou, Anna
Zhu, Olive
Allison, Kelly C.
Hayes, Matthew R.
Rickels, Michael
Roalf, David
Wu, Gary
Zamani, Payman
Chau, Lillian
Czernuszenko, Adam
Demastus, Cassandra
Fernando, Melissa
Ghias, Kubarah
Grosso, Gabrielle
Herman, Lindsay
Holmes, Nathaniel
Mastracchio, Christina
Sayana, Varsha
Wellman, Nicholas
Das, Sai Krupa
Fielding, Roger
Howland, Andrew
Burger, Kyle
Speakman, John
Hambly, Catherine
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Belle, Steven H.
King, Wendy C.
Hallam, David
Haller, Tamara
Kelley, Stephanie S.
Kline, Christopher E.
Leonard, Kelsey R.
Pelesko, Andrew J.
Zourelias, Matthew
Benos, Panayiotis V.
Jakicic, John M.
Wahed, Abdus S.
Erickson, Kirk I.
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Laughlin, Maren R.
Yanovski,
Kowtha, Bramaramba
Young-Hyman, Deborah
Article History
Received: 5 February 2025
Revised: 6 July 2025
Accepted: 4 September 2025
First Online: 25 September 2025
Competing interests
: Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and are not to be construed as reflecting the views of the of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, United States Department of Agriculture or employers of the authors. Dr. Jakicic is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Wondr Health, Inc., and his institution received research funding from Epitomee Medical, Inc. Dr. Yanovski reports that her spouse has received research project support to his Institution from Soleno Therapeutics and Rhythm Pharmaceutical and receives medication for studies from Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Versanis Bio. Dr. Whyte is partially funded by Eli Lilly & Company. Dr. Lowe receives licensing fees for the Power of Food Scale, but not from the POWERS consortium. Dr. Roberts is a Board member of Danone and founder of . The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests.
: The protocol and informed consent forms were approved by the single Institutional Review Board at the University of Pittsburgh (CR21120046-021). All participants will undergo informed consent prior to enrolling in the study described in this manuscript.