Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-280
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Connecticut · General Statutes of Connecticut Chapter 743l — Diet Programs · Status: effective
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- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-280, Definitions, Connecticut, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2205306
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As used in sections 42-280 to 42-283, inclusive:
(1) “Diet company” means any person, except a hospital, engaged in the business of selling a product or service, the primary purpose of which is to cause weight loss in the person who uses the product or service, but does not include (A) any retailer whose sales of the diet product or service is less than fifty per cent of the total sales of the establishment, or (B) any health club or other business whose primary focus is on fitness;
(2) “Consumer” means a person who uses a diet company to cause weight loss; and
(3) “Diet program” means any service offered by a diet company to a consumer, the purpose of which is to reduce the weight of the consumer primarily through a restricted diet.