CSIRO is calling for volunteers in Tasmania to participate in a study into delivering the highly acclaimed CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet via the web.
“We are seeking people who are overweight and are motivated to lose weight,” says CSIRO Project leader, Dr Peter Clifton.
“Volunteers need to be daily web users and over 18 years old.”
The study will commence on 25th August and run for 12 months. Volunteers will be asked to provide information on their diet choices and weight loss daily throughout this period.
“The study is an officially approved CSIRO research project as part of the Preventative Health National Research Flagship Program and has full ethics committee approval to proceed,” says Dr Clifton.
“The results will be invaluable in helping us to assess how we can make information on healthy eating choices more accessible to people – which is a major goal of our CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet project.”
“The study is an officially approved CSIRO research project as part of the Preventative Health National Research Flagship Program and has full ethics committee approval to proceed,”
says Dr Clifton.
We hope that after this study we can move onto a larger trial and then to a full web version of the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet.”
The online version of the Total Wellbeing Diet which will be used in the trial has been created by the Tasmanian ICT Centre.
The Tasmanian ICT Centre is jointly funded by the Australian Government through the Intelligent Island Program and the CSIRO. The Intelligent Island Program is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Economic Development.
To find more information, register your interest and begin the study, visit www.totalwellbeingdiet.com.au
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