About the Authors

Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra State, India

Anuraj Shankar

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Richard Kirubakaran

Affiliation South Asian Cochrane Centre, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Kingsley Agho

Affiliation Department Biostatistics, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Padam Simkhada

Affiliation Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Shilpa Gaidhane

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra State, India

Deepak Saxena

Affiliation Indian Institute of Public Health-Gandhinagar, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Unnikrishnan B

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Manipal University, Manipal, India

Dilip Gode

Affiliation Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra State, India

Abhay Gaidhane

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra State, India

Syed Quazi Zahiruddin

zahirquazi@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra State, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MNK AS PS SG UB DS DG SZQ AG. Performed the experiments: MNK AS PS SZQ AG SG UB DS. Analyzed the data: KA SZQ AG MNK AS PS RK. Wrote the paper: MNK SZQ DG AS PS KA DS RK.