Mainardi, Fabio
Côté, Richard G.
Silber, Nele Kristin
Plestina, Roko
Ferrer, Eldridge
Angeles-Agdeppa, Imelda
Article History
Received: 11 September 2023
Accepted: 22 October 2024
First Online: 30 October 2024
Declarations
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: This study was done on data collected from the Philippines Extended National Nutritional Survey, which was ethically conducted in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki, guided by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences’ (CIOMS) Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects and the National Guidelines for Biomedical and Behavioural Research, and was approved by the Philippine Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST- FNRI) Institutional Ethics Review Committee (FIERC) with registry number FIERC-2017-017. The participants were briefed and oriented about the objectives of the study and the data to be collected. Participation in the study was voluntary, and interested participants were asked to sign the informed consent form (ICF). They were told that they could withdraw their participation from the study at any time without any prejudice. Anonymized data analysis was performed in collaboration with DOST-FNRI.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.