About the Authors

Heng Yaw Yong

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Zalilah Mohd Shariff

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

zalilahms@upm.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Barakatun-Nisak Mohd Yusof

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Zulida Rejali

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Geeta Appannah

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Jacques Bindels

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Yvonne Yee Siang Tee

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Danone Dumex (M) Shd Bhd, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

Eline M. van der Beek

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Jacques Bindels and Eline van der Beek are employees of Danone Nutricia Research and Yvonne Yee Siang Tee of Danone Dumex Malaysia. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.