TORONTO (CP) - Canada's largest indoor tanning company can promote that tanning is a source of vitamin D and may have health benefits but it must make it clear that the benefits are not proven, according to an agreement with the Competition Bureau.

The federal regulator asked Fabutan Sun Tan Studios last March to stop making what it said were false claims about the benefits of tanning beds.

At issue, were the chain's statements that tanning was a treatment for vitamin D deficiency and that indoor tanning helps seasonal affective disorder and weak metabolisms. The Competition Bureau also challenged Fabutan's claim that tanning prevents or fights such diseases as cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis.

Read more about Fabutan's claims at http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=106&sid=655471.