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Deception in Weight-Loss Advertising Workshop : seizing opportunities and building partnerships to stop weight-loss fraud : a Federal Trade Commission staff report.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Government document
- Conference Name:
- Deception in Weight-Loss Advertising Workshop (2002 : Washington, D.C.) http://viaf.org/viaf/126880895
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weight loss preparations--Marketing--Corrupt practices--United States--Congresses.
- Weight loss preparations.
- Deceptive advertising--United States--Congresses.
- Deceptive advertising.
- Weight loss.
- Consumer protection.
- Deception.
- Fraud.
- Obesity--therapy.
- Weight Loss.
- Advertising--standards.
- Consumer Advocacy.
- United States.
- fraud.
- Medical Subjects:
- Obesity--therapy.
- Weight Loss.
- Advertising--standards.
- Consumer Advocacy.
- Deception.
- Fraud.
- United States.
- Genre:
- proceedings (reports)
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Seizing opportunities and building partnerships to stop weight-loss fraud
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Federal Trade Commission, [2003]
- Summary:
- This staff report (Workshop report) provides a summary and analysis of the Federal Trade Commission's public workshop on Deception in Weight-Loss Advertising. The goal of the workshop was to explore new approaches to stopping false weightloss advertising. In particular, the workshop participants considered whether the FTC should compile a concise list of scientifically suspect claims found in weight-loss ads and discussed whether specific guidance identifying false claims could assist the industry and the media in eliminating false claims from weight-loss ads.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF title page (viewed Sept. 21, 2005).
- "December 2003."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- United States. Deception in weight-loss advertising workshop
- OCLC:
- 61745496
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