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Originally posted by andViolins
with a side of bacon.

Who would have figured? Atkins was a fatty!

Paper: Diet guru Atkins qualified as obese

NEW YORK (AP) -- Dr. Robert Atkins, whose popular diet stresses protein-rich meat and cheese over carbohydrates, weighed 258 pounds at his death and had a history of heart disease, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Atkins died last April at age 72 after being injured in a fall on an icy street.

Before his death, he had suffered a heart attack, congestive heart failure and hypertension, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a report by the city medical examiner.

At 258 pounds, the 6-foot-tall Atkins would have qualified as obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's body-mass index calculator.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/10....ap/index.html

aV

I KNOW I've mentioned this numerous times before. What is more, it was only after Atkins' death that his diet was changed to allow for complex carbs and to emphasize that low-to non- fat protein was preferable to high-fat protein.