Keim and Laugero collaborated in the study with physiologist and research leader Sean H. Adams and physiologist Marta D. Van Loan, both with the nutrition center, and with postdoctoral researcher Megan G. Witbracht of the University of California-Davis.
The research, published in Physiology and Behavior, was funded by ARS, the university, the National Dairy Council, the Dairy Council of California, and the National Institutes of Health.