使用食补充剂进行减肥干预的随机对照试验的商业资金:快速审查
Jill R Kavanaugh1, Abigail J Bulens1, Julia A Vitagliano1
1Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Accountability in research
|December 16, 2025
概括
大多数关于减肥补充剂的随机对照试验 (RCT) 获得商业资金. 这些资助者中有一半以上销售补充剂,这引发了营养研究中潜在的偏见问题.
科学领域:
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 临床试验 临床试验
- 食补充剂 食补充剂
背景情况:
- 营养研究的商业资金可能会带来偏见.
- 在减肥补充剂试验中商业资金的普遍性是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 确定减肥食补充剂随机对照试验 (RCT) 商业资金的频率.
主要方法:
- 在2023年发表的关于减肥补充剂的英语RCT的快速审查.
- 资金来源的分类 (行业,非营利组织等). ) 的情况.
- 评估商业资助者与补充销售的联系.
主要成果:
- 59%的经过审查的RCT报告了商业资金.
- 超过一半的商业资助者销售食补充剂或拥有附属公司.
- 透明度问题限制了对一些资助者关系的验证.
结论:
- 在减肥补充剂RCT中,商业资金普遍存在.
- 需要进一步调查,以了解资金对研究结果的影响.
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