http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=490054
More fat on the fire in Atkins diet row: founder weighed 18 stone at death
By Maxine Frith Social Affairs Correspondent
11 February 2004
He made a fortune by telling millions of people how to lose weight without cutting out their bacon and eggs. But yesterday it emerged that Dr Robert Atkins, pioneer of the controversial low-carb regime, was clinically obese when he died.
Medical records have revealed that the 72-year-old weighed 18 stone when he slipped and suffered fatal head injuries on an icy footpath in New York last April.
He was also suffering from heart disease, according to a leaked report by the New York City medical examiner's office.