Kolivas, Despina
Fraser, Liz
Schweitzer, Ronald
Brukner, Peter
Moschonis, George
Funding for this research was provided by:
La Trobe University Industry Research Scholarship
La Trobe University
Article History
Received: 28 September 2025
Revised: 16 February 2026
Accepted: 21 February 2026
First Online: 6 March 2026
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the La Trobe University Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) (approval no. HEC22117) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The trial was registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) on 17/05/2022, with the ACTRN: 12622000710729p.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Despina Kolivas received an industry funded research scholarship from La Trobe University and Defeat Diabetes. Peter Brukner is the founder of the Defeat Diabetes Program. Peter Brukner and George Moschonis are employed by La Trobe University.