Jul. 12, 08:01 EDT

  The fat hits the fan

  Skeptics wonder if low-fat advocates unwittingly started obesity epidemic
  Gary Taubes

Special to the Toronto Star

If the members of the American medical establishment were to have a collective
find-yourself-standing-naked-in-Times-Square-type nightmare, this might be it.

They spend 30 years ridiculing Robert Atkins, author of the phenomenally
best-selling Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution and Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution,
accusing the Manhattan doctor of quackery and fraud, only to discover that the
unrepentant Atkins was right all along.

Or maybe it's this: They find that their very own dietary recommendations -- eat
less fat and more carbohydrates -- are the  cause of the rampaging epidemic of
obesity in America. Or, just possibly this: They find out both of the above are
true....

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