{"id":1663,"date":"2023-09-17T18:35:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T18:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sltr.local\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2023-09-26T06:25:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T06:25:02","slug":"colombo-twin-and-singleton-study-3-cotass-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/project\/colombo-twin-and-singleton-study-3-cotass-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombo Twin and Singleton Study \u2013 Development Project (CoTaSS 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-23a7f538 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-4015b6bd\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-e59a5f31\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-5382c967\">\n<p>Categories:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-7c7022b6\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/category\/project\/ongoing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ongoing<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/category\/project\/\" rel=\"tag\">Project<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-b086c9ef\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-b080327a\">\n<p>Tags:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-0178e558\"><div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/tag\/cotass-3\/\" rel=\"tag\">CoTaSS 3<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-f6ed3e09\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-73874397\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Introduction<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Examined Causal&nbsp;mechanisms behind&nbsp;intergenerational&nbsp;transmission of&nbsp;nutritional choices and&nbsp;their association with&nbsp;metabolic risk&nbsp;indicators\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-9e319115\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-0df19ed9\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Participants <\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>152&nbsp; Female Twins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u200b152&nbsp; Offspring from COTASS-2 were followed up\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-9929a8b7 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-7f8252a9\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Collaborators<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-2fc57c17 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1737 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collaborators tag-cotass-3\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a636c632\"><figure style=\"width:200px;height:200px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/collaborators\/national-institute-of-fundamental-studies\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:200px\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image312.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"National Institute of Fundamental Studies\" style=\"height:200px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image312.png 512w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image312-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image312-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/collaborators\/national-institute-of-fundamental-studies\/\" target=\"_self\" >National Institute of Fundamental Studies<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1734 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collaborators tag-cotass-3\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a636c632\"><figure style=\"width:200px;height:200px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/collaborators\/university-of-colombo\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:200px\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image311.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"University of\u00a0\u200bColombo\" style=\"height:200px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image311.png 512w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image311-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image311-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/collaborators\/university-of-colombo\/\" target=\"_self\" >University of\u00a0\u200bColombo<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1729 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collaborators tag-cotass-3\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a636c632\"><figure style=\"width:200px;height:200px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/collaborators\/rajarata-university-of-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:200px\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/crest.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rajarata\u00a0University of\u00a0Sri Lanka\" style=\"height:200px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/crest.png 512w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/crest-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/crest-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/collaborators\/rajarata-university-of-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_self\" >Rajarata\u00a0University of\u00a0Sri Lanka<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1676 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-collaborators tag-cotass-1 tag-cotass-2 tag-cotass-3\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-a636c632\"><figure style=\"width:200px;height:200px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/collaborators\/kings-college-london\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:200px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/200px-Arms_of_Kings_College_London.svg_.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"King\u2019s College\u00a0London\" style=\"height:200px;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/collaborators\/kings-college-london\/\" target=\"_self\" >King\u2019s College\u00a0London<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-fa4a0792 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-362cc9a3\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Funders<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-2fc57c17 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1721 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-funding tag-cotass-3\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-e3d00d59\"><figure style=\"width:200px;height:200px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/funding\/medical-research-council\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:200px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MRC-logo-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Medical Research Council\" style=\"height:200px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MRC-logo-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MRC-logo-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MRC-logo-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/funding\/medical-research-council\/\" target=\"_self\" >Medical Research Council<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-4d1fa0f4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-4d347667\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Objectives<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Establishing new collaborations between research institutions in&nbsp;\u200b<br>Sri Lanka\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of&nbsp;a\u200b Sri Lankan&nbsp;specific food&nbsp;composition&nbsp;database\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing&nbsp;skills in Macro&nbsp;and Micro&nbsp;element&nbsp;analysis in Food&nbsp;and Biological&nbsp;samples\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statistical&nbsp;genetics\u200b skills&nbsp;development\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patient and&nbsp;Public&nbsp;Involvement&nbsp;and&nbsp;Engagement&nbsp;(PPIE)\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conducting a&nbsp;pilot study\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-beb84746\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-58ecc98f\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Description<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) globally have undergone rapid urbanisation, and changes in demography and health behaviours. Whilst life expectancy at birth for many LMICs has improved, disease burden from non-communicable diseases, and years lived with disability have risen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Sri Lanka, the setting for this proposed work, cardio-vascular disease is the leading cause of mortality (one in ten Sri Lankans has diabetes), and an exponential increase in hospitalisations is seen for these diseases. High prevalence estimates of cardio-vascular risk factors, including hypertension (18-20%), dysglycaemia (14-20%) and obesity (9-36%) have been reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nutritional and dietary choices are key modifiable risk factors for both cardio-vascular disease and diabetes as well as their risk factors. However, looking at genetically sensitive study data, we know that they are heritable influenced behaviours but also that the genes associated with nutritional\/dietary preferences are also correlated with the genes that influence metabolic risk. We also know that dietary choices are transmitted across generations: poor diet in parents causes poor eating behaviours in children which then lead to cardio vascular disease in the next generation. However, it is not clear what the mechanism of this effect might be: is it due to a direct behavioral impact or due to transmitted genetic factors and other family level variable like SES that can cause the association, and can we disentangle these effects?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are different routes through which transmission may occur. First, the association may be environmental, due to the child growing up in a family who provide nutritional diet (and even earlier taste development, in utero and during breastfeeding). Second, the association may be due to passive gene-environment correlation whereby the child inherits a disposition for a nutritional preference (e.g. a high fat diet) and a disposition for cardio-vascular disease but also the parent\u2019s provided unhealthy dietary environment during childhood and adolescence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u2018Children-of-Twins\u2019 design estimates the causal effects of parental on offspring traits while control for possible confounding familial effects. Using this design will help us understand the mechanisms underpinning intergenerational transmission of diet on cardio-vascular disease. This is of crucial importance given the increases in poor nutrition and metabolic risk factors in Sri Lanka and other South-Asian populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current proposal will develop an interdisciplinary project which will use advanced structural equation modelling methods of data from twins and their children to help us understand the mechanisms underlying intergenerational transmission of diet and nutrition within families and how these impact on cardio-vascular disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project represents a collaborative effort across KCL, UCL, Keele and the Institute for Research Development in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We seek to build on an existing resource based in Sri Lanka \u2013 the Colombo Twin and Singleton Study (CoTaSS), a well-phenotyped, epidemiological sample. This resource will be expanded by following up our current participants and extending the sample to include their children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-f1b3e39c alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-f0701452\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Team<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-2fc57c17 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1891 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-external category-member tag-cotass-1 tag-cotass-2 tag-cotass-3\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8c9828cc\"><figure style=\"width:200px;height:200px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/member\/dr-helena-zavos\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:200px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image598.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dr Helena\u00a0Zavos\u200b\" style=\"height:200px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image598.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image598-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image598-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/member\/dr-helena-zavos\/\" target=\"_self\" >Dr Helena\u00a0Zavos\u200b<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1887 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-external category-member tag-cotass-1 tag-cotass-2 tag-cotass-3\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8c9828cc\"><figure style=\"width:200px;height:200px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/member\/prof-fruhling-rijsdijk\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:200px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image597.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Prof.\u00a0Fr\u00fchling\u00a0Rijsdijk\u200b\" style=\"height:200px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image597.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image597-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image597-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/member\/prof-fruhling-rijsdijk\/\" target=\"_self\" >Prof.\u00a0Fr\u00fchling\u00a0Rijsdijk\u200b<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1882 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-member category-past tag-cotass-1 tag-cotass-2 tag-cotass-3\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8c9828cc\"><figure style=\"width:200px;height:200px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/member\/t-jayakumar\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:200px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/T.-Kumar-200x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"T. Jayakumar\" style=\"height:200px;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/member\/t-jayakumar\/\" target=\"_self\" >T. Jayakumar<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1878 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-current category-member tag-cotass-3\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8c9828cc\"><figure style=\"width:200px;height:200px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/member\/udeni-samanmali\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:200px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/U.-Samanmali-200x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Udeni Samanmali\" style=\"height:200px;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/member\/udeni-samanmali\/\" target=\"_self\" >Udeni Samanmali<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1874 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-current category-member tag-cotass-3\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8c9828cc\"><figure style=\"width:200px;height:200px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/member\/bhanuka-sisira-kumara\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:200px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bhanuka-photo-website-300x298-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bhanuka Sisira Kumara\" style=\"height:200px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bhanuka-photo-website-300x298-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bhanuka-photo-website-300x298-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/member\/bhanuka-sisira-kumara\/\" target=\"_self\" >Bhanuka Sisira Kumara<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1864 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-current category-member tag-cotass-3\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8c9828cc\"><figure style=\"width:200px;height:200px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/si\/member\/janani-opatha\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:200px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"168\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/sltr.ird.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image645-e1695034783233.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Janani Opatha\" style=\"height:200px;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\"><a 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