Owolabi, Adedotun Joshua
Ayede, Idowu Adejumoke
Akinrinoye, Olugbenga Oyewumi
Falade, Adegoke Gbadegesin
Ajibola, Gboyega Bosun
Christopher, Ologunore Olufisayo
Arifalo, Gregory Olawole
Abiona, Ayodele Oladejo
Feskens, Edith J. M.
Melse-Boonstra, Alida
Schaafsma, Anne
Article History
Received: 5 January 2023
Revised: 26 November 2023
Accepted: 4 December 2023
First Online: 9 January 2024
Competing interests
: At the time of submission, A.S. just retired as an employee of FrieslandCampina. He was involved in the design of the study, data evaluation, and manuscript writing, but not in the recruitment and execution. The product for the study was provided by FrieslandCampina. A.A.I. as an employee of University College Hospital Ibadan implemented the study on behalf of her institution. Her institution received the grant for the project implementation. The other authors declare no competing interests.
: Parents and legal guardians of study participants (Preterm infant) received detailed information about the study, the requirements, and procedures, and all their questions were answered after which a signed informed consent was obtained from all parents before any baseline measurement was taken.