Media Advisory:
September 11, 2002
| What: |
The Federal Trade Commission will
host a press conference to announce: the release of its weight loss advertising report; a
law enforcement action against a Canadian-based company targeting U.S. citizens with
purported weight-loss products; and a workshop scheduled for November to explore issues
relating to the advertising of weight-loss products. An EMBARGOED copy of the Commission's Weight Loss Advertising Report is
available to reporters as of 1:00 p.m. (EST), Monday, September 16, 2002. To obtain a copy
of the report at that time, please call 202-326-2182 or e-mail bmack@ftc.gov. |
| Where |
FTC Headquarters Building
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 432
Washington, D.C. 20580 |
| Who: |
Timothy J. Muris, Chairman
Federal Trade CommissionVice
Admiral Richard H. Carmona
U.S. Surgeon General
Dr. George L. Blackburn
Harvard Medical School and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Lynn McAfee
Council on Size and Weight Discrimination, Inc.
(Partnership for Healthy Weight Management members)
Reporters unable to attend can access the press conference by
calling 1-800-955-9331; Chair-person: Bruce Jennings; conference number 13694961. The
lines will open at 10:30 a.m. |
| When: |
Tuesday September 17, 2002
11:00 a.m. (EST) |
| Contact: |
Cathy MacFarlane or Brenda Mack
Office of Public Affairs,
202-326-2180CALL-IN LINES
ARE FOR PRESS ONLY |
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