Ads promoting weight-loss prescription-only medicines (POMs) have been banned over concerns they “play on people’s insecurities around body image”, the advertising watchdog said. The Advertising ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first time I remember seeing weight loss ads, I was 11 years old. As a child of the '80s and '90s, I had a subscription to ...

A social media page allegedly trying to scam Boots shoppers by promoting fake, AI–generated weight–loss adverts has been taken down. The account had been running ads for prescription–only slimming ...

Pinterest announced Thursday that it’s updating its advertising policies to prohibit all ads with weight loss language and imagery from its website. Pinterest cited the challenges related to body ...

The advertising watchdog has banned several adverts for prescription-only weight loss medications, citing concerns they exploit "people's insecurities around body image". The Advertising Standards ...

The news: Some 35 state attorneys general are pushing Meta for tighter enforcement of its advertising policies amid a “surge of misleading marketing for weight loss products” on Facebook and Instagram ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The company NextMed faces a $150,000 fine for fake weight loss claims and hidden costs. The FTC warns that promises like fast ...