Barstad, Lisa Ha
Júlíusson, Pétur B.
Johnson, Line Kristin
Hertel, Jens Kristoffer
Lekhal, Samira
Hjelmesæth, Jøran
Article History
Received: 1 March 2017
Accepted: 7 February 2018
First Online: 14 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All procedures in the study were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The research protocol for the Vestfold Register of Obese Children has been approved by the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (S-08742c 2008/19081), Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD) and by the Norwegian Data Inspectorate (20,789 grh/rh). The research protocol for the current study has been approved by the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics, REK sør-øst (2016/2039). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants and the parents/guardians of participants under the age of 16 in the study.
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