The Fast Track Trial involves participants aged 13 to 17 not eating on alternate days of the week and enduring severe calorie restrictions.
All the teenagers will begin the trial by swapping out most meals for bars, shakes and soups for the first month. It’s called a ‘very low energy’ diet. Source: fasttracktrial.comMs Adams believes the trial is in breach of the Australian ethics code for research, putting all the young people involved at risk.She said the hospital hadn’t been transparent with parents about what the real experience of the trial would be like.
“Optifast has not provided science or research or supplementary material to the trial,” said a spokesperson for The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, which is facilitating the trial.The trial will test the effects of fasting and calorie restriction on the kids’ growing bodies as they study.“is to determine if a modified alternate day fasting dietary pattern results in significant weight loss and a lower BMI ” when compared to a standard “reduced calorie dietary pattern”.
“All trials conducted at NSW public health organisations require approval from an NHMRC- certified HREC. The complaint said the trial “places the health and wellbeing of every participant both at immediate risk and also long-term risk”. These guidelines apply to young people of different maturity levels, and require consent from their guardians for their participation in research. The guidelines take into account young people’s different maturity levels, which don’t necessarily correspond with age, and how these affect comprehension and consent when engaging with interventional trials.
This is terrible
A program where they're taught about how healthy eating does most of the work in weight loss and that regular exercise also helps would be far better for tgem