Article: New York Mayor, Atkins Diet Guru's Widow Discuss Gift to City.

By David Saltonstall, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 11--There was no steak, but Mayor Bloomberg finally chewed the fat this week with Veronica Atkins, the widow of the late diet guru Robert Atkins, the Daily News has learned.

And while beef was not on the menu, the two did talk turkey about a possible gift to the city from the late doctor's foundation -- possibly to study obesity in city school kids.

"It is something that she is pondering, but it is not a decision that she has reached," said Richard Rothstein, a spokesman for Atkins Nutritionals Inc.

Veronica Atkins is chairwoman of the Robert T. ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!