Atkins Diet Over

American Voices • trends • diet & weight • business • ISSUE 41•35 • Sep 1, 2005

Atkins Nutritional, the former nutrition giant whose Atkins Diet craze has fizzled in the recent months, blamed slumping demand and increased competition for its failure. What do you think?

“Now that it has been proven a financial disaster, I am convinced of the inefficacy of the Atkins Diet.”
Marcus Kaat –
Produce Manager
“Does this mean I can't get triple-bacon-double-cheese barbecue burgers any more? I can? Whew. Close one.”
Evan Swaney –
Commercial Fisherman
“Diets are fleeting. Health concerns fade. But my body's quivering girdle of rich yellow fat is eternal.”
Dianne Bankhead –
Paralegal

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