Medifast/Optavia
TINA.org investigated Medifast and its Optavia brand as part of its larger investigations into atypical income claims used by MLM companies.
To read more about TINA.org’s 2023 MLM Income Claims Investigation, click here.
To read more about TINA.org’s 2017 DSA Income Claims Investigation, click here.
Evidence
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MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims
TINA.org investigation finds 98% of MLMs using misleading income claims.
Multilevel Marketing: The Day Job that Doesn’t Pay
More than 97 percent of DSA member companies use or have used misleading income claims.
Class-Action Tracker
Optavia Premier
Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions for weight-loss products and services
Optavia Premier Plans
Allegations: Using dark patterns to enroll consumers in plans that automatically renew, failing to adequately disclose the terms of plans, and making it difficult to cancel