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Title Commercial weight loss products and programs [electronic resource] : what consumers stand to gain and lose : public conference on the information consumers need to evaluate weight loss products and programs : report of the presiding panel / conference sponsors, Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission ... [et al.].

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[Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 1997]

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Federal Documents Online	FT 1.2:W 42/6	---	Available

Description	1 electronic text : HTML file
System Details	Mode of access: Internet from the FTC web site.
Note	Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 21, 2005).
Summary	On October 16-17, 1997, representatives from academia, government, the weight loss industry, and consumer advocacy groups met in Washington, D.C. for a conference--"Commercial Weight Loss Products and Programs--What Consumers Stand to Gain and Lose." The subject of the conference was the continuing rise of obesity in this country, estimated to cost consumers over $100 billion in health care costs and money spent on weight loss products and services.
Subject	Weight loss preparations industry -- United States -- Congresses.
	Weight loss -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses.
	Obesity -- therapy -- United States -- Congresses.
	Consumer Advocacy -- United States -- Congresses.
	Obesity -- economics -- United States -- Congresses.
	Weight Loss -- United States -- Congresses.
Added Author	United States. Federal Trade Commission. Bureau of Consumer Protection.
Other Form:	Commercial weight loss products and programs--what consumers stand to gain and lose 28 leaves (OCoLC)38723601
Standard No.	NLM 101257208
Gpo Item No.	0535 (online)
Sudoc No.	FT 1.2:W 42/6