Sachdev, Harshpal Singh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4956-9391
Porwal, Akash
Sarna, Avina
Acharya, Rajib
Ramesh, Sowmya
Kapil, Umesh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2390-0437
Kurpad, Anura V. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7998-2438
Funding for this research was provided by:
DBT India Alliance (IA/CRC/19/1/610006, IA/CRC/19/1/610006, IA/M/14/1/501681)
Article History
Received: 27 November 2020
Revised: 4 March 2021
Accepted: 29 March 2021
First Online: 23 April 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: HSS designed the draft protocol of the CNNS with consultancy support from the UNICEF, India. HSS, AS, UK and AVK were members of the Technical Advisory Committee of the CNNS, constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India, to oversee its conduct and analysis. HSS is a member of the World Health Organization Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Subgroup on Diet and Health and member of Expert Groups of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Nutrition and Child Health. AS, RA, SR and AP were involved in the CNNS study implementation and main analyses. There were no other conflicts to declare.
: This study was conducted according to the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and all procedures involving human subjects were approved by the Population Council’s International Review Board (New York, USA) and ethics committee of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (Chandigarh, India). No separate ethical approval was required or taken for this secondary analysis.