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Dr. Robert Atkins, 1930-2003.(Brief Article)(Obituary)

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A physician-fumed-author whose books helped millions of people lose weight, Robert Atkins, MD, died last April in New York City of complications from a fall. He was 72.

Atkins wrote more than a dozen health and nutrition books. In 1972, he published Dr. Aktins' New Diet Revolution, one of the 50 bestselling books of all time. Even so, the low-carbohydrate, high-protein Atkins' diet was controversial from ...

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