Adams, Rachel
Jordan, Rachel E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0747-6883
Maher, Alisha
Adab, Peymané
Barrett, Tim
Bevan, Sheriden
Cooper, Lucy
DuRand, Ingrid
Edwards, Florence
Hardy, Pollyanna
Harris, Ciara
Heneghan, Nicola
Ives, Natalie
Jolly, Kate
Jowett, Sue
Marshall, Tom
O’Hara, Margaret
Poyner, Christopher
Rai, Kiran K.
Rickards, Hugh
Sadhra, Steven
Tearne, Sarah
Walters, Gareth
Sapey, Elizabeth
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (17/42/42)
Article History
Received: 17 December 2024
Accepted: 22 February 2026
First Online: 9 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study received ethical and research governance approval from the West Midlands–Edgbaston Research Ethics Committee on 13th January 2020 (Reference number: IRAS261855). The trial was sponsored by the University of Birmingham, UK. All participants provided informed consent prior to taking part in the trial.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: KJ is part funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Health Research Collaboration West Midlands. TB is part funded by the NIHR as a Senior Investigator. TB is a member of the Novo Nordisk Global Expert Panel on type 2 diabetes in children. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.