Natalie Taft, MS, RDN, LDN, is a registered dietitian nutritionist and a part of the interdisciplinary care team at the Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina.
David N. Collier, MD, PhD, FAAP, is an ABP-certified pediatrician and is an associate professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Pediatrics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Dr Collier is also the director of East Carolina University’s Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center.
Robert J. Tanenberg, MD, FACP, a board-certified endocrinologist, is a professor of medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. He is also the medical director for the East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Center and the medical director for diabetes for the Vidant Medical Center (ECUs 900-bed teaching hospital), Greenville, North Carolina.
Kathryn M. Kolasa, PhD, RDN, LDN, is professor emeritus affiliate faculty, Department of Family Medicine, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. She is a contributing clinical nutrition editor for Nutrition Today.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Correspondence: Kathryn M. Kolasa, PhD, RDN, LDN, Family Medicine Department, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Brody 4N-70, Greenville, NC27834 ([email protected]).
