Big Fat Fake: The Atkins diet controversy and the sorry state of science journalism, by Michael Fumento, Reason, Mar 2003
"Well-meaning but misguided health officials and health reporters, joined by opportunistic anti-fat diet book gurus, have convinced much of the public that the major culprit -- perhaps the only culprit -- in obesity is dietary fat. ... This goes far to explain why almost one-third of us are obese and almost two-thirds of us are overweight."
Articles
Michael Fumento's March article Big Fat Fake is an exercise in vitriol rather than sound journalism, by Gary Taubes, Reason, 4 Mar 2003
Gary Taubes' letter in response to Michael Fumento's article
"The point of writing the article was precisely to note that some equally respectable scientists question this dogma, and then to explain why. ... This raises the issue of whether the authors might be tempted to bias their review to support the USDA's long-standing public position on the health-benefits of fat-reduced diets."
Gary Taubes' letter in response to Michael Fumento's article
"The point of writing the article was precisely to note that some equally respectable scientists question this dogma, and then to explain why. ... This raises the issue of whether the authors might be tempted to bias their review to support the USDA's long-standing public position on the health-benefits of fat-reduced diets."
Books
Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
by Robert C. Atkins, 4 Dec 2001
by Robert C. Atkins, 4 Dec 2001
- ISBN 006001203X
: Paperback, Harper, Revised edition, 2001