Valsesia, Armand
Chakrabarti, Anirikh
Hager, Jörg
Langin, Dominique
Saris, Wim H. M.
Astrup, Arne
Blaak, Ellen E.
Viguerie, Nathalie
Masoodi, Mojgan
Article History
Received: 26 November 2019
Accepted: 11 May 2020
First Online: 8 June 2020
Competing interests
: A.V., A.C., J.H. and M.M. are or were full-time employees at Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences S.A., at the time of this study. D.L. is a member of Institut Universitaire de France. Dr. Saris reports having received research support from several food companies such as Nestlé, D.S.M., Unilever, Nutrition et Sante and Danone as well as Pharmaceutical companies such as G.S.K., Novartis and Novo Nordisk. He is an unpaid scientific officer for the International Life Science Institute, ILSI Europe and reports personal fees from Cosun N.L. Dr. Astrup reports personal fees from Nestlé, Switzerland, during the conduct of the study; personal fees from Dutch Beer Institute, N.L., personal fees from Feast Kitchen A/S, D.K., personal fees from Groupe Éthique et Santé, France, personal fees from McCain Foods Limited, USA, personal fees from Nestlé Research Center, Switzerland, personal fees from Weight Watchers, USA;, grants from Arla Foods, D.K., grants from Danish Dairy Research Council, grants from Gelesis, USA, outside the submitted work; In addition, Dr. Astrup has a patent Methods of inducing weight loss, treating obesity and preventing weight gain. pending to University of Copenhagen & Gelesis, USA, and a patent Biomarkers for predicting degree of weight loss pending to University of Copenhagen & Nestec S.A., C.H. and Royalties received for the books “Verdens Bedste Kur”/Politikens Forlag, Denmark, 2012 (subsequently published in English as “World’s Best Diet”/Penguin, Australia, and “The Nordic Way”/Random House, USA), and “Spis dig slank efter dit blodsukker” (Eat according to your blood sugar and be slim)/Politikens Forlag, Denmark, 2017.“ Co-owner of the University of Copenhagen spin-out company Personalized Weight Management Research Consortium ApS (Gluco-diet.dk). NV and EEB have nothing to declare.