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Article History

Received: 1 October 2021

Revised: 12 March 2022

Accepted: 16 March 2022

First Online: 26 March 2022

Declarations

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: The Feel4Diabetes-study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki and the conventions of the Council of Europe on human rights and biomedicine and was approved by each local ethical committee. More specifically, in Belgium, by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Ghent University Hospital (ethical approval code: B670201524237; date approval: 21/04/15); in Bulgaria, by the Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Varna (ethical approval code: 52/10–3-201r; date approval: 10/03/16) and the Municipalities of Sofia and Varna, as well as the Ministry of Education and Science local representatives; in Finland, by the hospital district of Southwest Finland ethical committee (ethical approval code: 174/1801/2015; date approval: 13/03/15); in Greece, by the Bioethics Committee of Harokopio University (ethical approval code: 46/3–4-2015; date approval: 03/04/15) and the Greek Ministry of Education; in Hungary, by the National Committee for Scientific Research in Medicine (ethical approval code: 20095/2016/EKU; date approval: 29/03/16); and in Spain, by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee and the Department of Consumers’ Health of the Government of Aragón (ethical approval code: CP03/2016; date approval: 08/04/15).

: Participants received an information letter in which they were informed about the purpose of the study. Written and signed informed consent was obtained from the parents/caregivers.

: All authors have read and approved the final version of this manuscript and agree with the contents of the manuscript.

: The authors declare no competing interests.