CAREER: Businessman. Women's World of Fitness, Houston, TX, founder, 1976-86; Curves International (weight reduction chain), Waco, TX

to his patients and so chose to make up a weight-reduction handout. Tarnower gave

Very low-calorie diet (VLCD)— A term used by nutritionists to classify weight-reduction diets that allow

START DIET. The Anne Collins vegetarian quick-start diet is a rapid weight-loss plan for

liver disease to check with a physician before starting a weight-reduction diet. The

a psychology major. In the mid 1970s he ran a weight-reduction clinic, which was

the classic ketogenic diet and the modified Atkins diet in weight reduction as well as

establishing a set of health-promoting practices and complying with this plan. In a