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| February 16, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Haymarket Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

NEW YORK: It seems that even dead men must worry about their reputations.

A major salvo erupted last week in the ongoing war between vegetarians on one side and the late diet guru Robert Atkins, his popular diet, and Atkins Nutritionals on the other.

On February 10, The Wall Street Journal reported that the 6-foot Atkins weighed 258 pounds and had heart disease when he died last April at 72 from a fall. At that weight, he would have been obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's body mass index calculator.

The Journal had been given a medical examiner's report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM),…

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