2017 Medifast-Optavia Income Claims Database

TINA.org investigation reveals misleading income claims used to market MLM opportunity.


Between June and November 2017, TINA.org investigated every company on the November 29, 2017 Direct Selling Association (The Direct Selling Association (DSA) is the national trade association for direct selling companies.) membership list and found that more than 97 percent have made or are making – either directly or through their distributors – false and unsubstantiated income claims to promote the companies’ business opportunity. Here is a sampling of TINA.org’s findings for this company. Read more about TINA.org’s investigation of misleading income claims here. This company was notified of TINA.org’s findings.

TINA.org audited these findings during August 2018. Any URLs or inappropriate income claims that had been taken down as of that time are shown below in gray.

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