Doggui, Radhouene https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3539-8341
El Ati, Jalila
Mourou, Besma
El Ati-Hellal, Myriam
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Union
Article History
Received: 23 June 2025
Accepted: 20 May 2026
First Online: 6 June 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All applicable institutional and governmental regulations concerning the ethical use of human volunteers were respected during this study. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the survey protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee on Human Research of the National Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (Approval N° 22/2022) and the National Council of Statistics (Approval N° 03/2023). The National Personal Data Protection Agency issued three favourable opinions regarding the transfer of data abroad (Approval N° 22/02–7064), health data (Approval N° 22/02-7063), and personal data (Approval N° 22/01-1539). Additionally, the Family Judge provided a favourable opinion for the study (Approval N° 15152, dated 14 December 2022). The child’s parent/s or authorised legal guardian provides informed consent for their child’s participation. All collected information was handled with the strictest confidentiality.