Latest news
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Bringing body image into sharp focus
- ASA blog post
- 21 December 2020
- Guy Parker
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Taking care with ads for self-care
- CAP News
- 26 November 2020
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Picture perfect? Advertising and body image
- CAP News
- 26 June 2020
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Getting your weight loss food ads in shape
- CAP News
- 09 January 2020
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Now that's what I call regulation - 10 greatest hits from the 2010s
- CAP News
- 19 December 2019
Latest rulings
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L(A)B Life and Beauty
- Upheld
- Internet (on own site)
- 16 December 2020
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
- Upheld
- 07 October 2020
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
- Upheld
- 07 October 2020
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
- Upheld
- 07 October 2020
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.