FTC: Commercial Weight Loss Products and Programs

Commercial Weight Loss Products and Programs
What Consumers Stand to Gain and Lose

October 16-17, 1997

Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
Washington, DC

Commercial Weight Loss Products and Programs -- What Consumers Stand to Gain and Lose, a public conference, features an opportunity for representatives from the scientific community, weight loss products and programs industry, consumer groups, and government to discuss these important issues:

consumer research on weight loss
profile of the average dieter
consumers' notions about weight loss
information consumers need to evaluate products and programs
responsible use of prescription drugs
risks associated with various types of weight loss regimens
the current state of weight loss advertising
reasonable expectations for successful weight loss

Sponsored by

The Federal Trade Commission
The American Society of Clinical Nutrition
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS

American Obesity Association
American Society of Bariatric Physicians
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Consumers Union
Health Management Resources, Inc.
National Consumers League
Novartis Nutrition
Nutri System, Inc.
Shape Up America!
Slim Fast Foods Company
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Weight Watchers International, Inc.
: Richard Atkinson, M.D.
George Blackburn, M.D.
Claude Bouchard, Ph.D.
Leslie Byrne, USOCA
Robert Kushner, M.D.
Walter Pories, M.D.
Robert Reyna, J.D.
David Schlundt, Ph.D.
Peter Vash, M.D.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Richard Cleland, J.D.
Federal Trade Commission
: Van S. Hubbard, M.D., Ph.D
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
: Laura Kettel Khan, Ph.D.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
: Judith Stern, D.Sc., R.D.
University of California - Davis
: Thomas A. Wadden, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
: Roland Weinsier, M.D., Dr. P.H.
University of Alabama - Birmingham
Dept. of Nutrition Sciences
Coalition for Excess Weight Risk Education
: Susan Yanovski, M.D.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Commercial Weight Loss Products and Programs -- What Consumers Stand to Gain and Lose is free and open to the public. Space is limited. To register, please tell us your:

Name
Organization
Address
City/State/Zip
Phone No.
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E-mail Address

Contact:

Gwen Williams

Division of Service Industry Practices
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, DC 20580

202-326-3311
202-326-3392 (Fax)

E-mail at gwilliams@ftc.gov