Vaz, Candida
Burton, Mark
Kermack, Alexandra J.
Tan, Pei Fang
Huan, Jason
Yoo, Tessa P. X.
Donnelly, Kerry
Wellstead, Susan J.
Wang, Dennis
Fisk, Helena L.
Houghton, Franchesca D.
Lewis, Sheena
Chong, Yap Seng
Gluckman, Peter D.
Cheong, Ying
Macklon, Nicholas S.
Calder, Philip C.
Dutta, Anindya
Godfrey, Keith M.
Kumar, Pankaj
Lillycrop, Karen A.
Karnani, Neerja
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre
EpiGen Global Research Consortium
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (SPF 002/2013; H17/01/a0/005)
Article History
Received: 11 March 2024
Accepted: 16 December 2024
First Online: 5 March 2025
Declarations
:
: N.K. (Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore), K.M.G. (University of Southampton), K.A.L. (University of Southampton), and Y.S.C. (National University of Singapore) are part of an academic consortium that has received research funding from Abbott Nutrition, Nestec, BenevolentAI Bio Ltd. and Danone. P.C.C. serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Smartfish, the producer of the drinks used in the study. P.C.C. (University of Southampton,) has received advisory and/or speaking honoraria from Fresenius-Kabi, B. Braun, Baxter Healthcare, Abbott Nutrition, and Danone/Nutricia, sellers of parenteral and enteral feeds, and from DSM, Pronova BioPharma/BASF AS and Smartfish, sellers of products containing omega-3 fatty acids. K.M.G. (University of Southampton,) has received reimbursement for speaking at conferences sponsored by companies selling nutritional products. The remaining authors declare no competing interests. The authors declare that this research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.
: Ethical approval for the PREPARE trial was granted by an NHS Research Ethics Committee (13/SC/0544). All participants provided written informed consent.