Funding for this research was provided by:
Top Talent Support Program for young and middle-aged people of Wuxi Health Committee (HB2020038)
Maternal and Child Health Research Project of Jiangsu in China (F202117)
Article History
Received: 2 June 2021
Accepted: 22 June 2022
First Online: 28 June 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University. During data collection, written informed consent was obtained from each child’s family after briefly explaining the study's purpose, risk, and benefit. All the procedure and purposes were told to the children, and verbal assent was also obtained from each child before any data collection and anthropometric measurements. Confidentiality of data was maintained by avoiding personal identifiers.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declared no conflicts of interest.