Roberts, Susan B. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1320-8460
Das, Sai Krupa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0788-0461
Sayer, R. Drew
Caldwell, Ann E.
Wyatt, Holly R.
Mehta, Tapan S.
Gorczyca, Anna M.
Oslund, Jennifer L.
Peters, John C.
Friedman, James E.
Chiu, Chia-Ying http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8283-7271
Greenway, Frank L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1766-6111
Donnelly, Joseph E.
Dao, Maria Carlota
Cuevas, Adolfo G. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9875-3825
Affuso, Olivia
Wilkinson, Larrell L.
Thomas, Diana http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2641-9304
Al-Ozairi, Ebaa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5006-4369
Yannakoulia, Mary
Khazrai, Yeganeh M.
Manalac, Raoul J.
Bachiashvili, Vasil
Hill, James O.
Article History
Received: 20 October 2021
Revised: 18 May 2022
Accepted: 24 May 2022
First Online: 16 June 2022
Competing interests
: The IWCR was launched in the United States with a grant from the NIH awarded to the Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) at the University of Alabama Birmingham (NIH project number 3P30DK056336-19S1, primary sponsor for JOH); a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture awarded to Tufts University (USDA/ARS project number 8050-51000-105-00D, primary sponsor for SBR); a grant from the NIH awarded to the University of Colorado NORC (NIH project number 2P30DK048520-26, secondary sponsor); and a small, 1-year unrestricted gift from Gelesis Inc. Dr. Roberts founded the iDiet, a web-based behavioral weight loss program (ExternalRef removed), and is a Board member of Danone. Dr. Hill has ownership interests in Shakabuku LLC. He has received research grants from National Cattleman’s Beef Association and owns a patent for the Energy Gap. He has received consulting fees from Gelesis and has stock options in the company. Dr. Sayer has no financial conflicts of interest directly related to the IWCR. He has received research grants for nutrition and obesity-related studies from General Mills, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and Gelesis. Dr. Wyatt has ownership interests in Shakabuku LLC and Dr Holly LLC. She has received research grants from Novo Nordisk, Epitomee, National Cattleman’s Beef Association, and Gelesis. She has received speaking fees from Novo Nordisk and a consulting fee from Gelesis and Roman Health. She is the author of the book entitled <i>State of Slim</i> that is published by Rodale. She owns a patent for the Energy Gap. Dr. Greenway owns stock in Slim Health Nutrition, Ketogenic Health Systems, UR Labs, Plensat, Energesis and Rejuvenate Bio. He is a consultant to Academic Technology Venures, General Nutrition Corporation, Basic Research, Novmeta Pharma and Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Greenway has a shared patent with Melior Discoveries, and he is on the scientific advisory board for Pfizer and Gelesis. The remaining authors have no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.
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