AUSTRALIA – ATKINS
March 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE AUSTRALIAN Medical Association is supporting a state government-run campaign warning local citizens off the high-protein and low-carb Atkins Diet. It is backing a Victoria government taxpayer-funded campaign opposing Atkins and other "fad diets" by distributing posters and information booklets at gyms, doctors' waiting rooms and universities.
THE AUSTRALIAN Medical Association is supporting a state government-run campaign warning local citizens off the high-protein and low-carb Atkins Diet. It is backing a Victoria government taxpayer-funded campaign opposing Atkins and other "fad diets" by distributing posters and information booklets at gyms, doctors' waiting rooms and universities.
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