Peng, Wen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7939-676X
Goldsmith, Rebecca
Shimony, Tal
Berry, Elliot M.
Sinai, Tali
Article History
Received: 19 August 2020
Accepted: 16 February 2021
First Online: 8 March 2021
Declarations
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: None.
: Mabat Youth surveys were reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Sheba Medical Center (Approval number: SMC-1704-1998 for the first survey and SMC-1570-14 for the second), and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: According to the Ministry of Education guidelines, all parents received written information regarding the survey and only students, whose parents did not oppose in writing the participation of their children, were included in the study. The students reserved the right to refuse participation in any part of the survey.
: The Israel Center for Disease Control is the research unit of the Israeli Ministry of Health, which is responsible for collecting and publishing data on the health of the population.