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Authors
Nsamba, Jonathan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8546-8371
Swanepoel, Danielle https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6025-1627
Lammertyn, Leandi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4079-7814
Smith, Wayne https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7101-7331
Kruger, Ruan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7680-2032
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation (112141)
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Article History
Received: 17 June 2025
Revised: 8 September 2025
Accepted: 24 September 2025
First Online: 2 October 2025
Ethical approval
: This study was ethically approved by the provincial Department of Education and the Health Research Ethics Committee of the North-West University (NWU-0041-22-A1) and registered in a clinical trials registry (NCT04056377). All methods were performed following the Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT) guidelines [] and the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry []. Written informed consent to participate in this study was provided by the participants’ legal guardian/next of kin.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
