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▪ I. Atkins|ˈætkɪnz| Also Mister Atkins. [See Thomas 3.] = Tommy Atkins (s.v. Tommy 7).
1892Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 6 Oh it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' ‘Tommy, go away’; But it's ‘Thank you, Mister Atkins’, when the band begins to play. 1898Westm. Gaz. 1 Nov. 4/3 Our citizen soldiers have been unduly agitated... Pathetic pictures have been drawn in the imagination of our sturdy civilian ‘Atkinses’ of wives left weeping. 1901‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness i. 3 Private Atkins..is from the masses himself. 1928E. Weekley Eng. Lang. vii. 47 Padre, father, adopted in the sense of priest by the natives of India and then acquired from the natives by Mr. Atkins. ▪ II. Atkins, n.2 Brit. |ˈatkɪnz|, U.S. |ˈætkɪnz| [‹ the name of Robert Coleman Atkins (1930–2003), U.S. cardiologist, who devised the weight-loss programme.] attrib. Designating or typical of a high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, esp. one in which carbohydrates, chiefly simple sugars and starches, are severely restricted as a means of promoting weight loss. A proprietary name.
[1972N.Y. Times 21 Oct. 18/3 (advt.), After four months of Dr. Atkins' diet, he had lost 85 pounds—yet he was never hungry.] 1972N.Y. Times 15 Dec. 29/2 Dr. Mayer..listed a number of what he termed fad diets, such as ‘the drinking man's’, the rice diet, the Mayo and the Atkins, and branded them extreme and dangerous. 1986Patient Care (Nexis) 15 June 137 For a time, the ‘Atkins diet’ was the most popular of the low-carbohydrate diets. It is subject to the same criticism that is leveled against all the other low-carbohydrate diets. 2003Brit. Med. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 17 May 1090 Sceptics are concerned in part because of the absence of long term studies needed to answer questions raised about the safety of the Atkins diet. 2003Daily Tel. 22 May 8/4 A typical Atkins breakfast, for instance includes no toast or cereal, but can include a plate of scrambled eggs and bacon. |