Losing weight can improve your health in numerous ways, but sometimes, even your best diet and exercise efforts may not be enough to reach the results you’re looking for. If that’s the case, you might consider exploring weight-loss surgery — also called bariatric surgery — as a treatment option to h
2017/10/16 The dietary supplement industry has long made millions off of the weight-loss consumer – and the worse the problem gets, the more products there are waiting to offer their magic. According to AC Neilson, in 2005 alone, U.S. consumers spent more than 322 million dollars on the category of weight-loss dietary supplements, shakes and bars, none of which are proven effective. In an effort to stay fit, lose weight, dodge diseases and limit medical costs, Americans spend billions of dollars on health-and-wellness products each year. Sadly, many of the claims companies make to boost sales turn out to be completely false or not substantiated by research. 2019/02/26
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Dwyer and HealthyLife Sciences "made false and unsubstantiated claims that Healthe Trim supplements would cause rapid and substantial weight loss" and "relied heavily on consumer testimonials that portrayed losing weight as easy," the FTC wrote in an Oct. 24 release. The firm claimed the supplements would "burn fat, increase metabolism, and suppress appetite." Regulations of False Advertising The federal Lanham Act allows civil lawsuits for false advertising that “misrepresents the nature, characteristics, qualities, or geographic origin” of goods or services. 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). The FTC also enforces false advertising laws on behalf of consumers. Extenze agreed to pay $6 million to settle a false advertising class action lawsuit. CBS noted that its website was also updated to say: "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and
The FTC charged the restaurant chain in 2004 with false claims about its relative nutritional value, and for claiming its chicken was compatible with a low-carb/high-protein weight loss program
Jan 4, 2007 The Federal Trade Commission fined the marketers of four weight loss pills millions of dollars for making false advertising claims ranging from Oct 6, 2015 diet in health is widely perceived by the public as too complex to false advertising lawsuits are: (1) those attacking products labeled or Jan 18, 2017 Let's be real: a lot of advertisements for protein supplements are pretty ridiculous. hit a peak in 2015 when a lawsuit was filed against MusclePharm, the Just like with muscle growth, a diet rich in protein or supplemented Apr 13, 2018 False advertising issues continue to plague brand names and "Diet Coke" — Putative consumer class action filed in California federal court for dietary and nutritional supplements on deceptiveness grounds because the
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Feb 26, 2019 A supplement company paid a third-party website to write misleading to write five-star Amazon reviews for a weight-loss supplement called on the trusted veneer of these marketplaces to excuse false advertising. That is not true; Amazon has filed numerous lawsuits against review-selling sites and May 24, 2016 Los Angeles consumer attorneys discuss the recent settlement of an FTC false advertising suit related to the dietary supplement Amberen. marketed Amberen to women over 40 as 'clinically proven' to cause weight loss… Apr 15, 2018 While challenges related to weight loss claims and related offers are all Weight Loss Claims as false and misleading for dietary supplements. Feb 2, 2020 We'll look at some major false advertising cases filed by the FTC and some To target the false claims that diet pills and weight loss cream
The food and beverage industry is facing a rising tide of lawsuits and In matters involving false advertising, antitrust, patent, trademark, trade secrets,
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