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
	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

Workshop Final Agenda [PDF]

Participants' Biographies  [PDF only]

Public Comments

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)

Federal Register Notice

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]
	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]