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Should personality and health quizzes in magazines also need FDA approval? Q: Have you eaten fast food more than 3x this week? A: If yes, you may be at risk fo

Should personality and health quizzes in magazines also need FDA approval? Q: Have you eaten fast food more than 3x this week? A: If yes, you may be at risk for obesity (or just plain lazy)! See a medical professional for verification and treatment options! By the way, check out this insurance plan! And these nutritional supplements! I mean there's a whole industry of publications, websites, media, and more dedicated to getting people to self-diagnose and self-treat all kinds of conditions and doing it without FDA approval... http://www.diabetesforecast.org/ http://www.diabetesforecast.org/ http://www.weightwatchers.com/shop/mag/ http://www.weightwatchers.com/shop/mag/ http://www.healthylm.com/ http://www.healthylm.com/ http://www.womenshealthmag.com/life http://www.womenshealthmag.com/life http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/ http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/ http://www.foodandnutrition.org/ http://www.foodandnutrition.org/ http://paleomagonline.com/ http://paleomagonline.com/ ... etc. I don't even think I've gotten to most of the egregious ones because they use trickier to find names. But they're all basically promoting self diagnosis and self-treatment of conditions that may or may not exist or methods of managing or treating conditions that do in fact exist. It seems like a double standard to me.

HeyLaughingBoy 13y ago
There is no double standard. The definition of a Medical Device is quite clear: http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/deviceregulationandguidance/overview/classifyyourdevice/ucm051512.htm http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/deviceregulationandguidanc... Besides this not being part of the FDA's charter, what you're ignoring is that articles assist you (correctly or otherwise!) in self-diagnosis. An article does not in and of itself diagnose you with a disease or condition and thus can't by any stretch of the imagination be considered a Device.

HeyLaughingBoy 13y ago

There is no double standard. The definition of a Medical Device is quite clear: http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/deviceregulationandguidance/overview/classifyyourdevice/ucm051512.htm http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/deviceregulationandguidanc... Besides this not being part of the FDA's charter, what you're ignoring is that articles assist you (correctly or otherwise!) in self-diagnosis. An article does not in and of itself diagnose you with a disease or condition and thus can't by any stretch of the imagination be considered a Device.