Habib-Mourad, Carla
Ghandour, Lilian A.
Maliha, Carla
Awada, Nancy
Dagher, Michèle
Hwalla, Nahla
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nestlé Middle East (100119)
Article History
Received: 26 March 2019
Accepted: 13 February 2020
First Online: 19 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Both interventions were granted ethical approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the American University of Beirut (project identification code NUT.NH.13). In each participating school, consent forms were sent to the students’ parents/guardians to obtain their approval; students also signed assent forms. Ultimately, only students whose parents had consented (and had themselves assented) participated in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.