Ferrari, Gerson
Drenowatz, Clemens
Kovalskys, Irina
Gómez, Georgina
Rigotti, Attilio
Cortés, Lilia Yadira
García, Martha Yépez
Pareja, Rossina G.
Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella
Del’Arco, Ana Paula
Peralta, Miguel
Marques, Adilson
Leme, Ana Carolina B.
Sadarangani, Kabir P.
Guzmán-Habinger, Juan
Chaves, Javiera Lobos
Fisberg, Mauro
Article History
Received: 27 June 2021
Accepted: 24 August 2022
First Online: 30 August 2022
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was provided by the Western Institutional Review Board (#20140605), and by the ethical review boards of the participating institutions. ELANS is registered at Clinical Trials #NCT02226627. Argentina: Ethics Committee of the Argentine Medical Association; Brazil: Ethics Committee of the Pensi Institute – José Luiz Setubal Foundation – Sabara Children's Hospital; Chile: Scientific Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Colombia: Research and Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Sciences of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Costa Rica: Scientific Ethics Committee of the Vice President for Research of the University of Costa Rica; Ecuador: Bioethics Committee University of San Francisco de Quito; Peru: Institutional Ethics Committee of the Nutritional Research Institute; Venezuela: Bioethics Commission of the School of Anthropology of the Central University of Venezuela. All procedures were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines. Written informed consent obtained from all the ≥ 16 years of age and also from legal guardians/parents of participants < 16 years of age, before commencement of the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.