In the Spotlight: DR ROBERT ATKINS

The Atkins diet makes you lose pounds, all right, just not the right ones.

This week, Atkins Nutritionals, the company Dr Robert Atkins founded in 1989, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The company owes $300 million and is fighting for time to reorganise and for protection against its creditors. Once the likes of Renee Zellweger, Jennifer Aniston and Robbie Williams endorsed the diet ± which recommends a highfat, low-carb approach ± but in recent times dieters have fled Atkins in droves.

“With hindsight, the company's current ...