Weight-Loss Products For Children Could Spur Creation Of Fatter Regs – FTC
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A continuing rise in the number of weight-loss supplements marketed to children could lead to "additional regulation" of weight-loss products, according to Federal Trade Commission Division of Advertising Practices Senior Staff Attorney Richard Cleland
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