Getting teens to follow strict diets in the Fast Track trial is risky, but so is obesity itself

The trial includes meal replacements to enable obese teens who are enrolled to rapidly lose weight. progressman/ShutterstockThe Fast Track to Health study is a year-long dietary trial in adolescents with obesity. Since it started in Sydney and Melbourne at the end of 2018, it has been criticised for increasing the risk of eating disorders in people who may be especially vulnerable to these conditions. Sydney-based clinical psychologist Louise Adams started up an online petition to stop the trial. She also complained to the ethics committee that approved the research. Several Australian eating disorder organisations followed, raising concerns about the safety of the teens in the trial. Fast Track’s investigators responded with a statement noting the health and mental well-being of participants was their first

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