Dor, Chen
Stark, Aliza Hannah
Dichtiar, Rita
Keinan-Boker, Lital
Shimony, Tal
Sinai, Tali http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1252-4701
Article History
Received: 11 April 2021
Accepted: 10 August 2021
First Online: 18 August 2021
Declarations
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: The author declares that they have no conflict of interest.
: The 2015–2016 Israeli Health and Nutrition Youth Survey (Mabat Youth II) survey was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Sheba Medical Center (Approval number: SMC-1570-14), and has 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.