Börnhorst, C. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9004-1540
Pigeot, I.
De Henauw, S.
Formisano, A.
Lissner, L.
Molnár, D.
Moreno, L. A.
Tornaritis, M.
Veidebaum, T.
Vrijkotte, T.
Didelez, V.
Wolters, M.
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Joint Programming Initiative A healthy diet for a healthy life
Sixth Framework Programme (016181)
Seventh Framework Programme (266044)
Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie – BIPS GmbH
Article History
Received: 5 April 2023
Accepted: 7 August 2023
First Online: 24 August 2023
Declarations
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: The study has been approved by the appropriate institutional review boards of all eight study centres (1. Belgium: Ethics Committee of the Gent University Hospital, 15/10/2007, ref: No. EC UZG 2007/243 and 19/02/2013, No. B670201316342; 2. Cyprus: Cyprus National Bioethics Committee, 12/07/2007, ref: No. EEBK/EM/2007/16 and 21/Feb/2013, No. EEBK/ETI/2012/33; 3. Estonia: Tallinn Medical Research Ethics Committee (TMREC), 14/06/2007, ref: No. 1093 and 17/January 2013, No. 128; 4. Germany: Ethic Commission of the University of Bremen, 16/01/2007 and 11/12/2012; 5. Hungary: Medical Research Council, 21/Jun/2007, ref: 22–156/2007-1018EKU and 18/12/2012, 4536/2013/EKU; 6. Italy: Ethics Committee of the Local Health Authority (ASL) in Avellino, 19/06/2007, ref: No. 2/CE and 18/Sep/2012, No. 12/12; 7. Spain: Ethics Committee for Clinical Research of Aragon (CEICA), 20/06/2007, ref:No. PI07/13 and 13/Feb/2013, No. PI13/0012; 8. Sweden: Regional Ethics Research Board in Gothenburg, 30/07/2007, ref: No. 264–07 and 10/Jan/2013, No. 927–12). The study has been performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Before children entered the study, parents provided written informed consent. Additionally, children 12 years and older gave written consent. Younger children gave oral consent for examinations and sample collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.