The official website for Dr. Atkins is the www.atkins.com. On the official website they provide products to assist you on your journey. There is also information on the science behind the diet and lots of support.
The Atkins diet plan is quite controversial. Please see the following for additonal information on the Atkins diet: www.webmd.com/diet/atkins-diet-what-it-is
Dr. Atkins
You can find information about the Atkins diets from a local dietitian or nutritionist, they would be able to provide the best information for you. Beyond that you can find some good information from www.atkins.com
There are many authors who have given their opinion. Some of them are Dr. Tarnower who invented the Scardsale Diet. There is also Dr. Atkins who invented the Atkins Diet.
Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution (1992), Dr. Atkins' Quick and Easy New Diet Cookbook (1997), and The Vita-Nutrient Solution: Nature's Answer to Drugs (1998).
Robert
Robert Atkins created the diet from a diet he read about in the Journal of the American Medical Association. First, he used it to deal with his own overweight condition. Then his first book the "Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution" was published in 1972.
It is very popular. It is a low-carbohydrate weight loss diet created by Robert Atkins. The Atkins low carb diet came to the world with the number one-selling diet and health book in the U.S. "Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution" in 1972.
The Atkins diet came out in 1972 when the book Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution was published. Today, Atkins products are available at most large grocery stores across the country.
University Of Michigan
Robert C. Atkins, a cardiologist and internist, developed the diet in the early 1970s. It first came to public attention in 1972 with the publication of Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution.
In medical school, there is no choice of "major": it's medicine! I presume the question refers to Dr. Atkins' undergraduate major.