Jan. 4, 2007 -- the marketers of four weight-control pills will pay $25 million in false advertising claims alleged by the federal trade commission (ftc). the ftc today announced that marketers of. Last year, an internet scam claimed wh endorsed a whole bevy of weight-loss pills and supplements. and in this case, some of the pills weren’t just ineffective; they were downright dangerous.. Evaluate how weight-loss advertising has changed over the past decade, we collected ads disseminated in 1992 in eight national magazines to compare with ads appearing in 2001 in the same publications..
In one ad, the marketers said the pills would enable a user to absorb just 72 calories from a 720-calorie plate of spaghetti. consumers were tricked into believing double shot "would cause rapid, substantial, and permanent weight loss, without diet or exercise," the ftc said.. The federal trade commission has charged a business operation with violating federal law by falsely claiming that its weight-loss pills cause users to lose weight without dieting or exercise. according to the ftc’s complaint, since 2005 the defendants have marketed their product throughout the. Diet pill tv ad is banned for 'fat shaming' healthy young women into losing weight so they can fit into their holiday clothes rather than weight loss. the diet pills are made by omega pharma.
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