Keren, Tiwari Harish
Gavaravarapu, Subbarao M.
Ramesh, Brinda S.
Yagnambhatt, Venkata Ramana
Article History
Received: 13 September 2022
Accepted: 6 February 2024
First Online: 16 March 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The authors state no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee of the ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India.
: Written informed consent in the native language (Telugu) of the state was obtained from the parents of participants and coaches before the study, considering that junior athletes aged 10–17 years were below their legal age for making informed decisions. Further obtaining oral assent from junior athletes in compliance with the declaration of Helsinki.