Vorland, Colby J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4225-372X
Brown, Andrew W. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1758-8205
Dawson, John A.
Dickinson, Stephanie L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2998-4467
Golzarri-Arroyo, Lilian http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1221-6701
Hannon, Bridget A.
Heo, Moonseong http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7711-1209
Heymsfield, Steven B. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1127-9425
Jayawardene, Wasantha P. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8798-0894
Kahathuduwa, Chanaka N.
Keith, Scott W.
Oakes, J. Michael
Tekwe, Carmen D.
Thabane, Lehana
Allison, David B. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3566-9399
Article History
Received: 10 November 2020
Revised: 26 June 2021
Accepted: 6 July 2021
First Online: 29 July 2021
Competing interests
: In the 36 months prior to the initial submission, DBA has received personal payments or promises for the same from: American Society for Nutrition; Alkermes, Inc.; American Statistical Association; Biofortis; California Walnut Commission; Clark Hill PLC; Columbia University; Fish & Richardson, P.C.; Frontiers Publishing; Gelesis; Henry Stewart Talks; IKEA; Indiana University; Arnold Ventures (formerly the Laura and John Arnold Foundation); Johns Hopkins University; Law Offices of Ronald Marron; MD Anderson Cancer Center; Medical College of Wisconsin; National Institutes of Health (NIH); Medpace; National Academies of Science; Sage Publishing; The Obesity Society; Sports Research Corp.; The Elements Agency, LLC; Tomasik, Kotin & Kasserman LLC; University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Miami; Nestle; WW (formerly Weight Watchers International, LLC). Donations to a foundation have been made on his behalf by the Northarvest Bean Growers Association. DBA was previously a member (unpaid) of the International Life Sciences Institute North America Board of Trustees. In the last 36 months prior to the initial submission, AWB has received travel expenses from University of Louisville; speaking fees from Kentuckiana Health Collaborative, Purdue University, and Rippe Lifestyle Institute, Inc.; consulting fees from Epigeum (Oxford University Press), LA NORC, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The institution of DBA, AWB, CJV, SLD, and LG-A, Indiana University, has received funds to support their research or educational activities from: NIH; USDA; Soleno Therapeutics; National Cattlemen’s Beef Association; Eli Lilly and Co.; Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC; Alliance for Potato Research and Education; American Federation for Aging Research; Dairy Management Inc; Arnold Ventures; the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Indiana CTSI, and numerous other for-profit and non-profit organizations to support the work of the School of Public Health and the university more broadly. BAH is an employee of Abbott Nutrition in Columbus, OH. SBH is on the Medical Advisory Board of Medifast Corporation. Other authors declare no competing interests.