Advertising to sell a product using false claims is called what?

• A. Marketing
• B. Endorsement
• C. Nutrition
• D. Quackery

Answer: (D)

Deceptive advertising of health products is quackery. Quackery means promoting remedies or products with false or unproven medical claims to lure people into buying them. The aim is to mislead rather than inform, which makes it unethical and often illegal. Legitimate marketing promotes products with truthful information and supported claims. An endorsement is simply a recommendation from someone else and isn’t inherently about making false claims. Nutrition is about foods and their effects on the body, not about advertising practices. So the scenario described fits quackery.