Lim, Lee-Ling http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6214-6924
Tse, Gary http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-1253
Choi, Kai Chow
Zhang, Jihui
Luk, Andrea O. Y.
Chow, Elaine
Ma, Ronald C. W. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1227-803X
Chan, Michael H. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1949-1666
Wing, Yun Kwok http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5745-5474
Kong, Alice P. S. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8927-6764
Chan, Juliana C. N.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Croucher Foundation (Not applicable)
Food and Health Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | Health and Medical Research Fund (12110042)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (CUHK4055/01M and 467410)
Hong Kong Association for the Study of Obesity.
Article History
Received: 23 October 2018
Accepted: 25 March 2019
First Online: 10 April 2019
Competing Interests
: J.C.N.C. has received research grants and/or honoraria for consultancy or giving lectures, from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eli-Lilly, Glaxo Smith Kline, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Merck Serono, Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, Sanofi, Novo-Nordisk and/or Bristol-Myers Squibb. A.P.S.K. has received honoraria for consultancy or giving lectures from Abbott, Astra Zeneca, Sanofi, Novo-Nordisk, Eli-Lilly, Merck Serono, Pfizer and Nestle. All proceeds have been donated to the Chinese University of Hong Kong, American Diabetes Association and other charity organizations to support diabetes research and education. L.L.L. has received research grants and/or honoraria for giving lectures from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck Serono, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi Aventis and Servier. Other authors declared no conflict of interest with this manuscript.