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  • 1Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp is with the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Michael Willoughby is with the Department of Education and Workforce Development, RTI International, Raleigh, NC. Amii M. Kress, Kristen McArthur, and Cara Wychgram are with the Department of General Epidemiology and Methodology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. David C. Folch is with the Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. Steve Brunswasser is with the Department of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. Dana Dabelea is with the Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anshutz Medical Campus, Aurora. Amy J. Elliott is with the Avera Research Institute, Sioux Falls, SD. Tina Hartert is with the Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Margaret Karagas is with the Department of Epidemiology, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH. Cindy T. McEvoy is with the Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland. James A. VanDerslice is with the Department of Public Health, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City. Robert O. Wright and Rosalind J. Wright are with the Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.

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