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provided technical assistance in the study; H.-X. Z., M.Z., F.C. and Y.W. conducted data analysis; H.-X. Z. and L.J. wrote the manuscript.

Thanks also to Deirdre Cotter for raising and supplying the Atlantic salmon smolts, Cathy Hickey for processing the tissues for histology and to Mary-Catherine Gallahger, Thomas Bastian, and Rebecca Martin for their assistance in the study.

The first author is grateful to Mrs. Jamika Singleton-Garvin for the outstanding contribution to the database setup and for reviewing the language, and to Mrs. Rodica Draghici for the pivotal administrative assistance in the study conduction.

BL provided assistance in the study design and was involved in drafting the manuscript.

We would also like to thank the following for assistance in the study: Maria Hamzo-Saliba, Michelle Taub, Sevahn Allahverdian, Adrianne Morse, Leslie Cruz, and Gloria Orozco.

The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/518/prepub We thank Valeriano Lagu, Dennis Poggo, and Sara Hersey for their assistance in the study.

We would like to thank Mary Barry for excellent technical assistance in the studies.

The number of households receiving social assistance in the studied areas varied at the time of the interviews from approximately 240 to 1200 depending on the size and socioeconomic composition of the areas (low number in the outer and affluent area, and high number in socioeconomic disadvantaged areas and in a mixed, geographically large area).

The authors acknowledge Samuel Ngobua and Manasseh Igyuh for their assistance in supporting the study data collection in Nigeria.

In addition, we would like to thank John Adams for assistance in designing the study, Jeremy Miles for advising on data analysis, Aneesa Motala for administrative support, Brian McInnis for technical assistance with panel administration, and Mary Haines for comments on earlier drafts of this manuscript.

We thank the members of the Warwickshire Institute for the Study of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (WISDEM) and the Human Metabolic Research Unit, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom for their assistance in running the study.