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Trending: How an Online Video Shut Down a Multimillion Dollar Experiment

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How an Online Video Shut Down a Multimillion Dollar Experiment

18/01/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Trending, How an Online Video Shut Down a Multimillion Dollar Experiment

We investigate how and why a nutrition study spiralled out of control

Camp Dash was an experiment looking at the effect of diet on children’s health. We look at why a five year study didn’t make it past year one

In June 2017 more than 70 children arrived at a university campus in Indiana, US. They were there to take part in a nutrition study that examined the effects of diet and sodium reduction on blood pressure and cholesterol in adolescents. But the experiment swiftly came to a halt when a video was posted online of what was going on at the Camp. As a result, the multi-million dollar nutrition study was terminated.

We travel to the US to speak to the children who participated in the study, their parents, and a camp manager.

Reporter: Camila Ruz
Producer: Ant Adeane

(Photo: Purdue University Student Dormitory Building. Credit: Getty Images)

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