Huttunen-Lenz, Maija http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1034-1613
Raben, Anne http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5229-4491
Adam, Tanja
Macdonald, Ian http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7540-9850
Taylor, Moira A.
Stratton, Gareth http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5618-0803
Mackintosh, Kelly http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0355-6357
Martinez, J. Alfredo
Handjieva-Darlenska, Teodora http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8307-343X
Bogdanov, Georgi Assenov http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9892-4209
Poppitt, Sally D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2214-8378
Silvestre, Marta P. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9327-2897
Fogelholm, Mikael http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8110-102X
Jalo, Elli http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9987-1716
Brand-Miller, Jennie http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-8754
Muirhead, Roslyn http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4374-0362
Schlicht, Wolfgang http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2134-2259
Funding for this research was provided by:
The EU framework programme 7 (312057, 312057, 312057, 312057, 312057, 312057, 312057, 312057, 312057)
The Cambridge Weight Plan donated all products for the 8-week LED period
The Danish Agriculture & Food Council
The Danish Meat and Research Institute
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Nutritics (Dublin) donated all dietary analyses software used by UNOT
The NZ Health Research Council and University of Auckland Faculty Research Development Fund ((14/191))
Juho Vainio Foundation
Academy of Finland (272376, 314383, 266286, 314135)
Finnish Medical Foundation
Gyllenberg Foundation
Finnish Diabetes Research Foundation
University of Helsinki
Government Research Funds for Helsinki University Hospital
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
Emil Aaltonen Foundation
The Glycemic Index Foundation Australia
Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd
Article History
Received: 24 April 2023
Accepted: 20 August 2023
First Online: 30 August 2023
Declarations
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: Each Intervention site (University Copenhagen (Denmark), University of Helsinki (Finland), University of Nottingham (United Kingdom), University of Sydney (Australia), University of Maastricht (The Netherlands), Medical University of Sofia (Bulgaria), University of Navarra (Spain), University of Auckland (New Zealand)) obtained the ethics approval from their ethical boards according to institutional and national requirements and guidelines. All data reported in this study were collected following the approved protocols. All study participants were required to provide a written informed consent before participation. All information and consent forms were provided in local languages.
: Each participant was required to provide written informed consent before participation. This included information about how data was used. Participants could request data withdrawal at any time point before its publication.
: Anne Raben has received honorariums from the International Sweeteners Association and Unilever. Pia Siig Vestentoft has received travel grants from the Cambridge Weight Plan, UK. Ian Macdonald was a member of the UK Government Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, Treasurer of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies, Treasurer of the World Obesity Federation, member of the Mars Scientific Advisory Council, member of the Mars Europe Nutrition Advisory Board and Scientific Adviser to the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition. He was also a member of the Nestle Research Scientific Advisory Board and of the Novozymes Scientific Advisory Board. Jennie Brand-Miller is President and Director of the Glycemic Index Foundation, oversees a glycaemic index testing service at the University of Sydney and is a co-author of books about diet and diabetes. Sally Poppitt was the Fonterra Chair in Human Nutrition and Principle Investigator for NZ National Science Challenge High Value Nutrition during the PREVIEW intervention. Thomas Meinert Larsen is advisor for the ‘Sense’ diet programme. J. Alfredo Martinez is President of IUNS. All other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.