The investigators are now conducting arandomized, controlled clinical trial of RAGE Control in the outpatient clinic at Boston Children's that adds a cooperative component.
These are the gold standard randomizedcontrol trials or intervention studies, in which acontrol group consuming soda is monitored for weight gain over time against a group which stops drinking soda (and all other dietary and lifestyle factors are controlled for).
The gold standard for testing medical treatments is the randomized trial, in which patients are randomly assigned to a treatment or control group to spread patient differences evenly and avoid bias in results.