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About the Authors
- Wataru Sato
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Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Tokyo, Japan
- Chie Furuta
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Roles Writing – original draft
Affiliation Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Tokyo, Japan
- Keiko Matsunaga
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Roles Data curation
Affiliation Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Tokyo, Japan
- Paluku Bahwere
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Valid International, Oxford, United Kingdom, Center for Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Clinical Research, School of Public Health, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
- Steve Collins
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Roles Conceptualization
Affiliations Valid International, Oxford, United Kingdom, Valid Nutrition, Cork, Republic of Ireland
- Kate Sadler
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Roles Conceptualization
Affiliation Valid International, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Peter Akomo
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Roles Conceptualization
Affiliation Valid Nutrition, Cork, Republic of Ireland
- Chrissy Banda
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Roles Data curation
Affiliations Valid International, Oxford, United Kingdom, Valid Nutrition, Cork, Republic of Ireland
- Elizabeth Maganga
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Roles Data curation
Affiliation Ministry of Health Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi
- Sylvester Kathumba
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation
Affiliation Ministry of Health Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi
- Hitoshi Murakami
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Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: hitoshi_murakami@ajinomoto.com
Affiliation Nutrition Improvement Department, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: WS, CF, KM, HM are Ajinomoto Co. Inc., employees and SC, PA, CB are employees of Valid Nutrition. SC is the unpaid director of Valid Nutrition and a director of Valid International Ltd. Valid International Ltd. is the sister company of Valid Nutrition, and PB, KS, CB are Valid International employees. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors had no conflict of interest.