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by Ros Krasny
Reuters

Icon Physical fitness and health pays off $3 million to stay charges it violated a tender consent order through the Ftc by nevertheless with their “Ab Glider” for several minutes every day would result in significant weightloss.

A 1997 administrative order with the commission prohibited Logan, Utah-based Icon and its particular related entities from making unsubstantiated claims with regards to the potential fat loss from home fitness equipment.

The FTC, in its statement on Thursday, asserted that between 2010 and 2013 Icon ran various types of advertisements making weight-loss claims for your Ab Glider, a piece of equipment that aims to pay attention the mid-section with users glide on the knees at a small platform.

Some promotions featured television personality Elisabeth Hasselback and consumer endorsers, claiming that while using the Ab Glider alone, or utilizing the glider for less than three minutes each and every day, would bring on lost pounds, inches or clothing sizes.

The FTC complaint states that buyers achieved those results when you\’re on the controlled diet, making use of the Ab Glider for upwards of three minutes every day, and fascinating in additional exercise.

“Even if the passed since a purchase order was entered, doesn’t mean a manufacturer can neglect the order and resume its old tricks,” said Jessica Rich, director on the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.