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Atkins Nutritionals Files for Bankruptcy

By Jack Speer

Published August 1, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Sign of the times: Products related to the Atkins diet have lost popularity with consumers.

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.

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