Is This Man Obese?

Source: B2DAY

"It's hard to believe Robert Atkins weighed 258 pounds when he died last April, as the Wall Street Journal contended Tuesday. Last February, just a couple of months before his death, I had dinner with the diet doctor at a French restaurant on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and was most struck by how frail he seemed. He wasn't thin, but it was hard to see his physique exactly because it was the day after a big blizzard and he was wearing a thick sweater. Atkins ordered fish, went without bread or potatoes, and had cappuccino with cream. He did say something about wanting to take off a few pounds. But we're talking three, not 50. These photos were taken for our story on February 24, about two months before Atkins's April 17 death. Does he look as if he's 60 pounds overweight to you?"



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