Islam, Mohammad Redwanul https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-0884
Delisle Nyström, Christine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3496-8266
Krebs, Paula Zart
Löf, Marie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2273-4430
Rahman, Syed Moshfiqur https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9441-0590
Ekström, Eva-Charlotte https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5464-7756
Rahman, Anisur
Funding for this research was provided by:
Uppsala University
Article History
Received: 7 March 2026
Accepted: 1 September 2026
First Online: 8 September 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The present study was nested into the larger project of 15-year follow-up of the MINIMat (Maternal and Infant Nutrition Interventions in Matlab) trial, which has been approved by the Ethical Review Committee at icddr, b in Dhaka, Bangladesh (PR-17029; dated 23/05/2017). Written informed consent and assent were obtained from mothers and adolescents, respectively.
Consent for publication: The study was conducted in strict accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.All authors have read and approved the final manuscript and consented to its publication.