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Article: Body Flex accused of stretching the truth
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- November 11, 2003
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KEVIN G. DeMARRAIS, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-11-2003
Body Flex accused of stretching the truth -- FTC suit challenges weight-loss claims
By KEVIN G. DeMARRAIS, STAFF WRITER
Date: 11-11-2003, Tuesday
Section: BUSINESS
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The Body Flex weight-loss system claims 20 million satisfied customers, but the Federal Trade Commission calls it a fraud and has sued to shut it down.
In a suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, the FTC charged two related companies, their principals, and spokeswoman Greer Childers with falsely advertising that the Body Flex System is a proven way to quickly lose fat.
The suit seeks ...