About the Authors

Maki Kawasaki

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Naoko Arata

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

arata-n@ncchd.go.jp

Affiliation Division of Maternal Medicine, Center for Maternal-Fetal, Neonatal and Reproductive Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Celine Miyazaki

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Rintaro Mori

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Toru Kikuchi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Japan

Yoshihiro Ogawa

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Erika Ota

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, St. Luke’s International University, Graduate School of Nursing, Global Health Nursing, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.