'Caffeine-infused' underwear's creators to pay $1.5m fine over weight loss claims

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has banned two companies from making false marketing claims that caffeine-infused undergarments would promote substantial weight loss.

The companies, Norm Thompson Outfitters Inc. and Wacoal America Inc., were ordered to pay 230,000 dollars and 1.3 million dollars, respectively, so that the FTC can use to it refund customers, People Magazine reported.

According to the FTC, Norm Thompson Outfitters made claims that wearing its shape-wear would eliminate or substantially reduce cellulite, reduce the wearer's hip measurements by up to two inches, their thigh measurements by one inch and reduce thigh and hip measurements "without any effort."

The trade commission reported that Wacoal America made false and unsubstantiated claims that wearing iPants would substantially reduce cellulite, cause a substantial reduction in the wearer's thigh measurements and destroy fat cells, resulting in substantial slimming.