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Barring the Door Against Irresponsible Ads: Guidelines for Media Outlets and Advertisers

Barring the Door Against Irresponsible Ads: Guidelines for Media Outlets and Advertisers. Role of Media. No effortless ways to lose weight Programs which promise ‘magic bullet’ for losing weight can be dangerous Media is the gatekeeper who dictates which weight management ads reach the public

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Barring the Door Against Irresponsible Ads: Guidelines for Media Outlets and Advertisers

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  1. Barring the Door Against Irresponsible Ads: Guidelines for Media Outlets and Advertisers

  2. Role of Media • No effortless ways to lose weight • Programs which promise ‘magic bullet’ for losing weight can be dangerous • Media is the gatekeeper who dictates which weight management ads reach the public • Media encouraged to fight against fraud!

  3. Weight-Loss Advertising:An Analysis of Current Trends Federal Trade Commission analysis of a non-random sample of 300 ads from: • Broadcast and cable television • Infomercials • Radio • Magazines • Newspapers • Supermarket tabloids • Direct mail • Commercial e-mail (spam) • Internet Web sites

  4. Most Common Marketing Techniques • Consumer testimonials (65%); before/after photos (42%) • Rapid weight-loss claims (57%) • No diet or exercise required (42%) • Long-term/permanent weight-loss claims (41%) • Clinically proven (40%)/doctor approved claims (25%) • Natural (71%)/safe weight-loss claims (42%)

  5. Bad Ads on the Rise • Between 1992 and 2001: • Double in frequency • Three-fold increase in separate and distinct ads

  6. No Diet! No Exercise! Lose 30 Pounds in 30 Days Eat Your Favorite Foods and Still Lose Weight Turn on Your Body’s Fat Burning Process Shrinks Inches Off Your Stomach, Waist and Hips Scientists Announce Incredible Discovery! Revolutionary European Method! Ancient Chinese Secret! Automatically Convert Fat to Lean Trim Muscle!

  7. … effortless weight loss. Same results as: Jogging 10 miles per week, An hour of aerobics per day, 15 hours of swimming or cycling per week

  8. Extravagant Claims of Dramatic, Rapid Weight Loss • Fast results • Atypical testimonials

  9. Illegible or Hard to Read Disclosures

  10. Dramatic “before and after” Pictures

  11. Too-good-to-be-true Statements Reference to Miracles No Need to Diet or Exercise

  12. The “Medical” Angle Reference to medical research or expert endorsements

  13. http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/adscreen.htm

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