Latest news
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Inject a dose of compliance into your weight-loss ads
- CAP News
- 28 January 2021
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Prescription-only weight loss products - an enforcement notice
- CAP News
- 28 January 2021
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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
Latest rulings
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Skinny Tan Ltd in association with Elly Norris
- Upheld
- Social media (influencer or affiliate ad)
- 03 February 2021
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
- 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.