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ATKINS FOUNDATION

The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation seeks to positively impact disease prevention and health management worldwide. Established with a $40 million gift following Dr. Atkins’ death in 2003, the Foundation funds research examining the role of metabolism and nutrition in obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, and other serious health concerns confronting our society today. Veronica Atkins was named to BusinessWeek's 2008 list of the Top 50 American Givers.

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How the Atkins Low-Carb Diet Can Harm Youmore

2007 Oct;107(10):1786-91. Image (c) Atkins Foundation. How the Atkins Low-Carb Diet Can Harm You originally appeared on...

AMD releases ATI Radeon E4690 embedded GPU with 3x better performance ...more

Today, AMD announced a new ATI Radeon E4690 embedded GPU with a 128-bit memory interface and 512MB of on chip memory.

No-Gl Low-Carb Diet Better Than Low-GI Calorie-Restricted Diet For...more

The study was funded by The Robert C. Atkins Foundation, but they were not involved in the planning, design or conduct...

Comparing Low-Carb and Low-Glycemicmore

One caveat: the Robert C. Atkins Foundation provided funding for the study. The late Dr. Atkins deserves the credit for...

Atkins Foundation establishes new center for obesity research at WUSM,...more

A new facility for obesity research and treatment will be established at the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish...

Columbia University Medical Center establishes the Dr. Robert C. and V...more

The Department of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center has established a professorship focusing exclusively...

University of California - UC Newsroom | Atkins Foundation pledges $10...more

Atkins Foundation pledges $10 million to Center for Weight and Health Email this article Date: 2007-01-25 Contact:...

Dr. Robert C. Atkins Foundation Gives $2 Million to Support Obesity, D...more

The gift, made to Southwestern Medical Foundation, will establish the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Chair in...

Is the mainstream starting to turn?more

...was partially funded by the Atkins Foundation, but ... Is there a single save your heart diet? Atkins files for...

Ditch the low-fat dietmore

...diet (the study was sponsored by the low-carb-pushing Atkins Foundation, so...

25 Billionaires and Millionaires That Became Philanthropistsmore

disease and manage good health. She renamed her late husband’s private charity to the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins...

Why I Was Somewhat Disappointed With The July 2008 New England...more

...study was funded by The Atkins Foundation, a non-profit organization led by Veronica Atkins that has ... 4.

VegE-Newsmore

A new study, funded in part by the Atkins Foundation, comparing the Atkins diet, a Mediterranean diet and a low-fat...

New England Journal of Medicine - Low Carb Study Revisitedmore

...fat but I’m not sure why the Atkins Foundation (whom provided funding for the project) didn’t request that they...

Low-Carb, Anti-Fitnessmore

I have a huge problem with this study: The Atkins Foundation helped finance it. It doesn't matter where the researchers...

The latest diet furor: a no brainer?more

...some weight, and made some metabolic improvements.  One funny thing: the study was funded by the Atkins Foundation...

Study: Low-Carb Diet Best for Weight, Cholesterolmore

...vindication," said Abby Bloch of the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation, a philanthropy group that...

Dr. Dean Ornish: The Never-Ending Diet Warsmore

The NEJM study, which was funded in part by the Atkins Foundation, reported that participants who ate a low-carb...

Did Low-Carb Dieters Really Follow the Atkins Plan?more

A recent study funded by the Atkins Foundation attempts to compare the Atkins low-carbohydrate eating plan against two...

New Low-carb Studymore

It was partly funded by the Atkins foundation, but it's a peer-reviewed study in a good journal and if anything the...

Low-fat diet not tops for weight loss, study findsmore

...according to an Atkins Foundation-aided study. A long-running comparison of three diet plans found that the...

Study: Low-carb Diet Best for Weight, Cholesterolmore

'It is a vindication,' said Abby Bloch of the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation, a philanthropy group that...

Igniting Some Low-Carb Lifestyle Fourth Of July Fireworksmore

Many people have heard of the Atkins diet, well I basically did a modified Atkins diet."

What?more

...probably was), and was notable obese when he did (this is assuming that what is alleged by the Atkins foundation -...

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