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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