Hi-maize Resistant Starch Shown to Help Adults Eat Less Food over 24 Hours
[2009/11/16] [National Starch Food Innovation ]
A University of Surrey clinical study found that the addition of Hi-maize resistant starch, a natural dietary fiber from corn with many health benefits, to breakfast and lunch meals resulted in significantly fewer calories being consumed.
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Natrol Offers Diet Tips, Carb-Cutting Tricks For Weight Control
[2009/11/09] [Natrol, Inc.]
Natrol, Inc., has announced tips for avoiding carb-related weight gain.
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The BENEO-Group Confirms How Ice Cream Can Be Both Healthy and Indulgent
[2009/11/05] [BENEO-Group]
Market research conducted by the BENEO-Group, under the BENEO-Orafti business unit, has confirmed that consumer expectations are high when it comes to selecting a low-fat alternative to traditional indulgence products.
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New Study Shows WeighLevel Gives Favorable Weight Loss Results
[2009/10/15] [Sprunk-Jansen]
Sprunk-Jansen has announced the results of a new double-blind placebo controlled randomized study to verify former research regarding their WEIGHLEVEL product.
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Clinical Trial: DSM's Fabuless® Activates Natural Appetite Control Mechanism
[2009/10/02] [DSM Food Specialties]
DSM has announced results of a clinical study on their Fabuless product.
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Study Confirms: Galactomannan Increases Satiety
[2009/09/23] [Frutarom USA Inc.]
Frutarom has announced a new satiety and obesity study using its FenuLife® galactomannan ingredient and published in the journal Phytotherapy Research has yielded significant positive results.
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Bio Serae Announces New Clinical Study Results
[2009/09/16] [BIO SERAE Laboratoires SA]
Bio Serae Laboratories has announced that they recently conducted a clinical study in order confirm the diuretic and weight management effect of Cacti-Nea™ on Human, and to enrich its scientific background.
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Frost & Sullivan Honours Kemin Health With Global Weight Management Ingredients New Product Innovation Award
[2009/09/14] [Frost & Sullivan ]
Frost & Sullivan has announced their 2009 Global Weight Management Ingredients New Product Innovation Award has been presented to Kemin Health.
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New Published Diet Study Reveals Meal Replacements as Top Strategy for Weight Loss
[2009/08/13] [Health Management Resources ]
According to a new study in the August 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, portion and calorie-controlled meal replacements used in a structured weight-loss program are successful in facilitating medically significant weight loss.
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Probiotics Help Gastric-Bypass Patients Lose Weight More Quickly, Stanford Study Shows
[2009/07/13] [Stanford University School of Medicine ]
New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Hospital & Clinics suggests that the use of a dietary supplement after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery can help obese patients to more quickly lose weight and to avoid deficiency of a critical B vitamin.
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Proprietary White Bean Extract Decreases Glucose Absorption According to Newly Published Article
[2009/06/11] [Pharmachem Laboratories, Inc.]
An article in a recent issue of The Open Nutraceuticals Journal, a peer-reviewed publication, describes two double-blind human pilot studies demonstrating the ability of Phase 2 Carb Controller™, a standardized extract of the white bean, to decrease glucose absorption, according to Pharmachem Laboratories, Inc., the ingredient’s maker.
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Orafti® Oligofructose Supports Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Adults
[2009/06/08] [BENEO-Orafti]
A new independent study published this month, led by Dr. Reimer from the University of Calgary in Canada, shows for the first time that oligofructose supplementation helps to decrease body weight and energy intake in overweight and obese adults - without any lifestyle or dietary change.
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Reliv International Introduces Slimplicity® in the Philippines
[2009/06/04] [Reliv International, Inc.]
Reliv International Inc., has launched the Slimplicity(r) Weight Loss System in the Philippines.
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For Weight Loss, Protein Rules
[2009/05/08] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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New Research Links High-Fiber Diet to Lower Body Weight and Reduced Risk of Metabolic Syndrome
[2009/05/05] [Kellogg Company]
According to recent studies that analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, increased fiber intake is associated with lower body weight, including a decrease in abdominal fat. Also, a high-fiber diet has been linked to a decreased risk of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that increase the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. These findings were recently presented at the Experimental Biology Conference in New Orleans.
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CRN Supports Recall of Hydroxycut Products
[2009/05/04] [Council For Responsible Nutrition (CRN)]
The Council for Responsible Nutrition has issued a statement regarding the FDA warning to consumers to stop using 14 Hydroxycut weight loss products.
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Probiotics May Be Able to Help You Stay Fit
[2009/05/04] [Chr. Hansen]
Chr. Hansen and the University of Copenhagen are collaborating on a groundbreaking weight management research project dubbed “ProSat”. The objective is to investigate the use of probiotics for weight control.
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BioAstin® Natural Astaxanthin May Reduce Sarcopenia According to a Japanese Study
[2009/04/15] [Cyanotech Corporation]
A recent pre-clinical trial done in Japan with BioAstin in rodents showed improvements in the treatment group were found including increased muscle weight as well as the muscle weight to body weight ratio.
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Follow Dietary Guidelines to Prevent Unhealthy Belly Fat
[2009/04/13] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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Slim Down Spring Feasts with Affordable Alternatives
[2009/04/03] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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FDA Uncovers Additional Tainted Weight Loss Products
[2009/03/23] [U.S. Food and Drug Administration]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding, for the second time, its nationwide alert to consumers about tainted weight loss products containing undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients.
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PacificHealth Labs Launches FORZE GPS, an Appetite Management Tool for Athletes
[2009/03/23] [PacificHealth Laboratories Inc.]
PacificHealth Laboratories, Inc., has announced the launch of FORZE GPS(TM), a scientifically proven appetite management tool created specifically for athletes.
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Cognis Licenses Further Active Ingredients for Weight Management and Heart Health from InterMed Discovery
[2009/03/18] [Cognis Nutrition and Health]
Cognis and InterMed Discovery have announced that Cognis has exclusively licensed two further product candidates from IMD: one is a new functional ingredient, which shows promise in the area of weight management and the other provides beneficial effects for heart health.
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Does Green Tea Equal a Slimmer You?
[2009/02/27] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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Chemi Nutra's Participation At 2009 Nutracon & SupplyExpo: Appetite Suppression & Weight Management From The World Experts
[2009/02/23] [Chemi Nutra]
Chemi Nutra has announced their participation at Nutracon and SupplyExpo, where they will be a part of the Weight Management & The Obesity Epidemic Track education.
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Lipid Nutrition to Participate in Special Panel at This Year's Nutracon
[2009/02/19] [Lipid Nutrition]
Lipid Nutrition has announced it will participate in a special panel at this year's Nutracon titled: Weight Loss Ingredients "Slim Slam": Make Your Case. The session is designed to showcase products and ingredients that are researched and that have demonstrated safety and efficacy in weight loss/weight management.
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The Sour Side of Sweet
[2009/02/12] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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Nutrition 21 Launches Breakthrough Weight Management Product: Iceland Health® 'Appetite Control Formula'
[2009/02/03] [Nutrition 21, Inc.]
Nutrition 21, Inc., has announced the launch of their weight management product "Iceland Health Appetite Control Formula™."
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Walk Your Way Through Life
[2009/01/30] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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For School Kids, Less Leads to More
[2009/01/23] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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Good News for Keeping Pounds Off
[2009/01/23] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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Teen Smokers Have More Trouble Staying Slim
[2009/01/09] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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OmniActive Launches Hot Red Pepper Weight Management Ingredient, Capsimax Plus Blend
[2008/12/18] [OmniActive Health Technologies]
OmniActive Health Technologies, Inc., has announced the launch of a proprietary blend of Capsimax(TM), its capsicum, or hot red pepper, ingredient. Capsimax Plus Blend is a combination of natural ingredients including Capsimax Capsicum Fruit Extract, and has been clinically proven to increase the amount of calories burned before, during and after exercise by 12 times.
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Diet Right for Your Health
[2008/12/12] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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Mom Was Right: Breakfast Is the Most Important Meal
[2008/12/05] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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New Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Centers Target Stress-Related Illnesses, Obesity, Cancer, and Other Conditions
[2008/10/21] [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]
The National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has added four new Centers of Excellence for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CERCs) to its research centers program. The new centers will add to knowledge about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) approaches and their potential in treating and preventing diseases and conditions that are common among Americans.
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Sabinsa Hosts Industry Meeting on GSK Petition at SupplySide: Trade Association Heads to Give Update, Call to Action
[2008/10/20] [Sabinsa Corporation]
Sabinsa Corporation is hosting an industry meeting to discuss the Citizen Petition filed by Glaxo Smith Klein (GSK) at Virgo Publishing’s SupplySide West on Thursday, October 23, 2008 from 4:00 -5:00 pm in Casanova Rm. 601, Sands Exposition Center, Las Vegas, NV.
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Mannatech Launches OsoLean™ Powder Fat Loss Product
[2008/10/08] [Mannatech, Incorporated ]
Mannatech, Incorporated has announced the launch of its new fat-loss product OsoLean(TM) powder. OsoLean(TM) whey protein supplement is an all-natural powder product that mixes with a variety of food and beverages so consumers can easily add it to any weight and fitness program.
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Deny Unsupported GSK Weight Loss Petition, AHPA Tells FDA
[2008/10/08] [American Herbal Products Association (AHPA)]
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) highlights serious flaws in the rationale of a Citizen Petition requesting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) treat weight loss claims for dietary supplements as disease claims in comments filed with the agency Oct. 7.
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Five Hours a Week Keeps the Weight Off
[2008/10/06] [Healthnotes, Inc ]
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Manage Weight Instantly With New Fabuless™ Powder From DSM
[2008/08/28] [DSM Food Specialties]
DSM has expanded its portfolio of innovative weight management solutions with the launch of Fabuless DE. A new spray-dried powder version of DSM’s weight management ingredient, Fabuless DE has been developed for instant powder applications, including beverage powder sachets, meal replacement shakes, protein shakes, dry soup mixes and beverages.
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OceanGrown™ International (OGI) Reveals New Weight Management Product with OceanBreakers™ - BURN
[2008/08/20] [OceanGrown International]
OceanGrown International is releasing a new weight management product, called OceanBreakers-BURN. BURN will feature emerging marine bioactive Fucoxanthin, a pigment from brown seaweed studied to promote fat burn.
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BENEO-Orafti Furthers its Commitment to Reducing World Obesity with its European Scientific Symposium on Weight Management
[2008/07/01] [BENEO-Orafti]
BENEO-Orafti has advanced its commitment to promoting nutritional research into prebiotics by hosting some of the world’s leading weight management experts and scientists at its highly successful European Scientific Symposium.
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The New England Journal of Medicine Lauds Obesity Text Book
[2008/03/31] [Pharmachem Laboratories, Inc.]
A medical text book, Obesity: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prevention (CRC Series in Modern Nutrition Science), by Harry G. Preuss, M.D., Ph.D., and Debasis Bagchi, Ph.D., received a positive review in the December 13, 2007 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
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New US Appointment Reflects Fabuless Success
[2007/05/02] [DSM]
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Humanetics Corporation & Reliv International Announce New Partnership With The Slimplicity(TM) Weight Loss Program
[2007/04/24] [Humanetics Corporation]
Humanetics Corporation & Reliv International recently announced their new partnership with the launch of the Slimplicity(TM) Weight Loss System, including Slimplicity(TM) Accelerator capsules
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Fabuless' Snowballing Success
[2007/03/02] [DSM]
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FTC Reaches “New Year’s” Resolutions with Four Major Weight-Control Pill Marketers
[2007/01/04] [Federal Trade Commission (FTC)]
Marketers of four products –Xenadrine EFX, CortiSlim, TrimSpa, and One-A-Day WeightSmart – have settled with the FTC, surrendered cash and other assets worth at least $25 million, and agreed to limit their future advertising claims.
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ORAFTI to Unveil Key Research Showing Beneo(TM) Oligofructose Can Help Control Obesity
[2006/08/04] [ORAFTI Active Food Ingredients]
Company will attend this year’s HIE in Frankfurt, Germany, to present results of a recently published human volunteer study, demonstrating that when Beneo(TM) oligofructose is incorporated into the diet, it can limit hunger feelings and food intake.
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InterHealth Names Pathway Exclusive Distributor for Australia and New Zealand
[2006/06/21] [Interhealth Nutraceuticals]
Company announces the appointment of Pathway International Pty Ltd as its exclusive distributor for the Australian and New Zealand markets.
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Patent Issued for SLIMALUMA
[2006/06/05] [Gencor Pacific]
Company has been awarded US Patent No. 7,060,308 for "Caralluma Extract Products and Processes for Making the same."
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Advisory - Health Canada advises consumers not to use weight loss products containing ephedrine and caffeine
[2006/05/24] [Health Canada]
Health Canada is advising consumers not to use any combination of ephedrine and caffeine because of the risk of serious and possibly fatal effects. Two particular products pose potential health risks, WestPharm Hydro-Lean capsules, and a combination of 4Ever Fit ephedrine and caffeine pills.
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Stephen Adelé, Challenges Local Denver Police Department to Shape Up and Lose Weight
[2006/05/24] [iSatori]
Adelé challenges the local Denver Police Department to get in “tip-top shape”… and offers them $1 for every pound of bodyfat they lose. Force responds by losing 2244 pounds of body fat over 12 weeks.
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Major Weight-Loss Marketers Pay $3 Million
[2006/05/11] [Federal Trade Commission (FTC)]
Sellers making questionable weight-loss and fat-loss claims to peddle skin gels and diet supplements will pay $3 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their deceptive claims violated federal law, with the sttlements barring unsubstantiated claims in the future and bars the marketers from misrepresenting studies or endorsements.
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Sweet music for Fabuless
[2006/03/30] [DSM]
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Advisory - Health Canada advises consumers not to use certain herbal weight loss products from China
[2005/11/10] [Health Canada]
Health Canada is warning consumers not to
use certain weight loss products from China because they have been found to
contain sibutramine, a prescription medication that should only be taken under
medical supervision - product are RS Slim & Fit, Xianting Qianzhisu, Menze
Qianweisu, Shou Shen Dan-Xiao Nan Wan, Kartien Slimming Herbs Capsules, and
Kartien Trimming Formula.
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Humanetics Corporation Presents 7-Keto® at 2nd Annual World Obesity and Weight Loss Congress
[2005/09/13] [Humanetics Corporation]
Dr. John Zenk, Chief Medical Officer of Humanetics Corporation, is a featured speaker at the 2nd Annual World Obesity and Weight Loss Congress, taking place September 12-14, 2005 in Washington, D.C.
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Dr. Richard Visser to Present Childhood Obesity Research at World Obesity and Weight Loss Congress
[2005/09/01] [SimplyH, LLC]
Dr. Richard Visser will discuss the issue of childhood obesity and present his clinical research at the 2005 World Obesity and Weight Loss Congress, September 12-14, 2005 in Washington, DC.
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Sabinsa Executive to Address Weight Management at the 2005 World Obesity & Weight Loss Congress
[2005/08/25] [Sabinsa Corporation]
Vladimir Badmaev, M.D., Ph.D., vice president of medical and scientific affairs at Sabinsa Corporation, will present "The Role of Lean Body Mass in Successful Weight Management" at the World Obesity and Weight Loss Congress in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 from 3:30 - 4:15 p.m.
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NMI's Trend #4: Weighty Issues: Adult and Childhood Obesity are Key Consumer Drivers
[2005/08/25] [The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI)]
According to NMI’s 2004 Health & Wellness Trends Database, weight-related issues are a key driver to a significant portion of American consumers. Fifty percent of all consumers control their weight for appearance while 43% manage their weight for their health. In total, almost 60% of U.S. adults are managing their weight for either reason.
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Cargill Health & Food Technologies to Speak at 2nd Annual World Obesity and Weight Loss Congress
[2005/08/19] [Cargill Health & Food Technologies]
Pam Stauffer, marketing programs manager, and Paul Paslaski, market development director, will be featured speakers at the 2nd Annual World Obesity and Weight Loss Congress, speaking on healthy ingredient marketing and the benefits of co-branding.
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Fabuless™ Weight Management from DSM
[2005/07/17] [DSM]
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2004 Sports Nutrition & Weight Loss Sales Up 14% to $15.6 billion
[2005/06/10] [Nutrition Business Journal]
Report forecasts that SNWL products will sustain compound annual growth rates of 5-7% the next 8 years, reaching sales of $22.8 billion in 2013.
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Bogus Weight-Loss Products Do Not Work: Defendants Barred From Making False and Unsubstantiated Weight-Loss Claims
[2005/06/03] [Federal Trade Commission (FTC)]
Scarborough, Maine-based defendants are barred from making false or unsubstantiated claims about any weight-loss product or program, dietary supplement, food, or drug, and have agreed to pay $100,000 in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made bogus claims about two weight-loss products: gel thin, a topical gel, and Ultra LipoLean, a dietary supplement tablet that purports to block fat.
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Sellers of 'Fat Trapper Plus' and 'Exercise in a Bottle' Banned from Advertising Weight-Loss Products
[2005/01/18] [Federal Trade Commission (FTC)]
Enforma Natural Products, Inc.; Andrew Grey; Twenty-Four Seven, LLC; Michael Ehrman; and Donna DiFerdinando are banned from advertising or marketing weight-loss products, except exercise programs or equipment, in a settlement of Federal Trade Commission contempt allegations.
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FTC Targets Bogus Weight-loss Claims; Several Herbal Products Mentioned
[2004/11/11] [American Herbal Products Association (AHPA)]
“Operation Big Fat Lie” consists of three programs, including enforcement, consumer education, and direct communication with newspapers and magazines to encourage their support in refusing “bogus” ads for weight loss, commission highlighted its enforcement program by filing complaints against six companies that allegedly used at least one of the seven weight-loss claims that the Commission had identified as not scientifically feasible when it initiated its “Red Flag” education campaign last December.
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FTC Launches 'Big Fat Lie' Initiative Targeting Bogus Weight-loss Claims
[2004/11/10] [Federal Trade Commission (FTC)]
Commission initiates a nation-wide law enforcement sweep against six companies making false weight-loss claims in national advertisements.
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Court Bars Weight Loss Product Marketers
[2004/10/20] [Federal Trade Commission (FTC)]
Federal district court has permanently barred Slim Down Solution, LLC, Maderia Management, Inc., and several related companies and individuals from making false claims about the effectiveness of their products.
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Canadian Marketers of Fraudulent Weight-Loss Products Pay Redress to Settle FTC Charges
[2004/10/13] [Federal Trade Commission (FTC)]
A Canadian-based fulfillment company doing business as Beauty Visions Worldwide and SlimShop, and its principal Robert Van Velzen, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated weight-loss claims for two purported weight-loss patches - "Hydo-Gel Slim Patch" and "Slenderstrip."
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Labrada Nutrition's CarbWatchers Forms Strategic Alliance with CarbWatchers Weight Loss Centers
[2004/09/22] [Labrada Nutrition]
Company announces strategic alliance between its CarbWatchers(R) product brand and the New York-based CarbWatchers(R) Weight Loss Centers.
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FDA Warns Distributors of Dietary Supplements Promoted Online for Weight Loss
[2004/04/02] [Food and Drug Administration (FDA)]
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U.S. Sports Nutrition, Weight Loss & Low-Carb Sales Grow 12% in 2003 to $14.3 billion
[2004/02/24] [Nutrition Business Journal]
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Marketers of the Skinny Pill Settle FTC Charges That They Made False and Unsubstantiated Weight-Loss Claims
[2004/02/04] [Federal Trade Commission (FTC)]
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FDA Commissioner McLellan speaks About Safety of Weight Loss Ingredients
[2004/01/21] [NPIcenter News]
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