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Max Mara Fashion Group Srl
A magazine ad for a clothing retailer was banned for including a model who appeared unhealthily thin.
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Not Guilty Food Co Ltd t/a The Skinny Food Co
A Facebook post promoting spice mixes was banned as the product’s name implied that it could help consumers lose weight.
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Bio-Medical Research Ltd t/a Slendertone
A TV ad for a toning belt was banned for misleadingly implying that the product was able to affect the size of the waist by visibly firming and toning the abdominal muscles.
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Skinny Tan Ltd in association with Elly Norris
Two Instagram stories by an influencer promoting a beauty product were banned for applying a filter which misleadingly exaggerated the effect the product was capable of achieving.
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L(A)B Life and Beauty
A website post and three Facebook posts by a skin and healthcare company were banned for claiming its belt product could help consumers lose weight without substantial evidence to support the claim.
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Comfort Click Ltd t/a WeightWorld.co.uk, ShytoBuy.co.uk
An Amazon listing for a foot and leg massage therapy machine was banned for making medical claims despite the product not being a CE-marked medical device.
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Skinny Clinic t/a Germaine Smith and Michel Thompson
Three Instagram posts by a weight loss injection provider which made irresponsible weight loss claims and a website ad which promoted prescription-only medicines to the general public were banned.
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Skinny Revolution Ltd
Four Instagram post by a weight loss injection provider were banned for making irresponsible weight loss claims, for promoting prescription-only medicines to the general public and for exploiting people’s insecurities around body image during lockdown.
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SkinnyJab Ltd t/a Skinny Jab
Two Instagram posts by an influencer in association with a weight loss injection provider were banned for promoting prescription-only medicines to the general public and for irresponsibly implying that the product could be used by people who were not overweight.
Rulings
Our rulings are published every Wednesday and set out on the public record how, following investigation, the advertising rules apply and where we draw the line in judging whether an ad has broken the rules. We also publish a list of companies and organisations which, following receipt of a complaint, agreed to amend or withdraw their ad without the need for a formal investigation.
Rulings (9)