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Robert Atkins

I weighed 193 pounds and had three chins. I couldn't get up before 9 a.m. and never saw patients before 10. I decided to go on a diet.

Robert Atkins

Diet

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Robert Atkins describes being overweight with physical signs like multiple chins and having a late daily routine that delayed his work with patients. This realization led him to make a conscious choice to change his eating habits by starting a diet.

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