Coleman, C D
Kiel, J R
Mitola, A H
Arterburn, L M
Article History
Received: 1 March 2017
Revised: 8 May 2017
Accepted: 8 June 2017
First Online: 10 July 2017
Competing interests
: Christopher D Coleman, Jessica R Kiel and Linda M Arterburn are employees of Medifast, Inc. and receive salaries from this company. Andrea Hanlon-Mitola is a paid consultant for Medifast. Medifast sponsored this research and financed the manuscript.