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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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added carbohydrates on glycemic and insulin responses to
None.
children’s milk products. Nutrients, 5(1):22-31.
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Conceptualization: All authors Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). NHANES
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The study used secondary data so ethics approval is not Department of Health, National Nutrition Council, Nutrition
required. The National Nutrition Surveys in the Philippines Center of the Philippines, UNICEF. (2021). Prevention of
were approved by the Institutional Ethics Board of the Overweight and Obesity in Children: Landscape Analysis
and Priority Actions. Assessing the Extent of Overweight and
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Consent for publication
FAO. (2015). Guidelines on the Collection of Information on
Not applicable. Food Processing through Food Consumption Surveys.
Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Fardet, A., Rock, E., Bassama, J., Bohuon, P., Prabhasankar, P.,
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2021 Virtual Congress (9 – 14 September 2021). epidemiological studies do not enable solid nutritional
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