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Atkins Nutritionals Files for Bankruptcy

NPR | By Jack Speer
Published July 31, 2005 at 11:00 PM CDT
Sign of the times: Products related to the Atkins diet have lost popularity with consumers.
Jack Speer, NPR
Sign of the times: Products related to the Atkins diet have lost popularity with consumers.

Copyright 2005 NPR
Jack Speer
Jack Speer is a newscaster at NPR in Washington, DC. In this role he reports, writes, edits, and produces live hourly updates which air during NPR programming.