FTC Weight Loss Advertising Workshop
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop to explore alternate approaches to reducing deceptive claims in advertising for weight-loss products. Following up on the issuance of the FTC staff report, Weight-Loss Advertising: An Analysis of Current Trends, the workshop will give the FTC staff and interested parties an opportunity to discuss new strategies for fighting weight-loss fraud.
The workshop will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on November 19, 2002, at the FTC headquarters building, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C., and will provide a public forum to explore the impact that deceptive weight loss ads have on public health and new approaches for fighting the proliferation of misleading claims. The workshop will consist of panels featuring public health officials, medical professionals, researchers, advertising executives, media experts, and members of the weight-loss industry.
Federal Register Notice to Extension of Public Comment Period to Feb. 3, 2003
Workshop Transcript - All Pages [PDF 329K]
Section - PDF only |
Pages |
Size |
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Opening Remarks | 1 - 13 | 23K | |
Science Panel | 13 - 112 | 141K | |
Remarks by Commissioner Anthony | 113 - 117 | 13K | |
Industry Panel | 117 - 174 | 86K | |
Media Panel | 175 - 232 | 86K | |
Closing Remarks | 233 - 237 | 13K |
Participants' Biographies [PDF only]
Press Release Report on Weight-Loss Advertising: An Analysis of Current Trends (09/18/02)
Press Release Weight Loss Workshop (09/18/02)
Media Advisory Report, Case, Workshop (09/11/02)
Report on Weight-Loss Advertising: An Analysis of Current Trends [PDF only]
Partnership for Healthy Weight Management
Educational Materials
Amazing Claims: Bookmark | [PDF] | ||
Avoiding the Muscle Hustle: Tips for Buying Exercise Equipment | [TEXT] | [PDF] | |
Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for the Industry | [TEXT] | [PDF] | |
"Miracle" Health Claims: Add a Dose of Skepticism | [TEXT] | [PDF] | |
Project Waistline: Should You Believe These Amazing Claims? | [TEXT] | ||
Pump Fiction | [TEXT] | [PDF] | |
Voluntary Guidelines for Providers of Weight Loss Products of Services | [TEXT] | [PDF] | |
Weight Loss: Finding a Weight Loss Program that Works for You | [PDF] | ||
Promesas Milagrosas (Amazing Claims: Bookmark) | [PDF] | ||
Cómo Evitar un Gasto Musculoso: Consejos para Comprar Equipos de Ejercicios Físicos (Avoiding the Muscle Hustle: Tips for Buying Exercise Equipment) | [TEXT] |