BODi/Team Beachbody

TINA.org investigated BODi, formerly known as Team Beachbody, as part of its larger investigations into unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims and 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.

To read more about TINA.org’s 2016 DSA Health Claims Investigation, click here.


How We Took Action

2024
February 14

As part of its 2023 investigation into 100 MLM companies, TINA.org notifies BODi of its findings that the company has used atypical income claims to market its business opportunity.

2023
March 2

Team Beachbody merges with BODi.

2021
October 26

The FTC sends Beachbody a Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Money-Making Opportunities putting the company on formal notice that it is an unfair or deceptive trade practice to misrepresent that profits or earnings are the ordinary, typical or average profits or earnings made by participants, and to fail to disclose conditions affecting income, such as expenses borne by the participants, among other things.

October 13

The FTC sends Beachbody a Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Endorsements and Testimonials putting the company on formal notice that it is a deceptive and unfair trade practice to, among other things, use testimonials to make unsubstantiated or otherwise deceptive performance claims even if such testimonials are genuine.

June 30

TINA.org sends a letter, along with a list of more than 660 direct selling companies that includes Team Beachbody, to the FTC urging it to implement a penalty offense program targeting the direct selling industry and its market-wide practice of using deceptive earnings representations and false health claims.

2018
January 12

Team Beachbody responds to TINA.org’s 2017 income claim findings.

2017
December 18

As part of its 2017 investigation into all DSA-member companies, TINA.org sends a letter to Team Beachbody regarding its use of false and unsubstantiated income claims to promote its business opportunity.

2016
December 19

Team Beachbody responds to TINA.org’s health claim findings.

November 22

As part of its 2016 investigation into all DSA-member companies selling nutritional supplements, TINA.org sends a letter to Team Beachbody regarding its use of inappropriate health claims to market products.


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