Relationship between maternal employment status and children's food intake in Japan.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll procedures involving study participants were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Toho University (approval of revised version: no. A19003_A17043 on Apr. 17, 2019; first approval: no. A17043 on Sep, 6, 2017). Written informed consent for the children was obtained from their guardians. Regarding the guardians themselves, completion and return of the questionnaires were not mandatory, and those who did so were deemed to have consented to participation. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This study was financially supported by the JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 17H01973 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The funding organization played no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."