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Pierre Dukan has been struck off the medical register in France for commercialising the high-protein diet that bears his name.
The national medical board took the decision on the grounds that the nutritionist, who retired in 2012, had "promoted his slimming diet commercially", and had suggested there should be an "anti-obesity" test in the national baccalaureate, the French medical agency APM reported on Saturday. The Order of Doctors' regulations bar medical practice from being a commercial venture.
The Dukan diet, similar to the Atkins low-carb diet, has been hugely successful around the world since it was launched in France in 2000 with the publication of Dukan's book Je Ne Sais Pas Maigrir (I Don't Know How to Lose Weight). Celebrity followers reportedly include the singer Katherine Jenkins and the actor Penelope Cruz. Dukan's empire includes a coaching business and online shops.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/26/pierre-dukan-diet-creator-struck-off-france
The national medical board took the decision on the grounds that the nutritionist, who retired in 2012, had "promoted his slimming diet commercially", and had suggested there should be an "anti-obesity" test in the national baccalaureate, the French medical agency APM reported on Saturday. The Order of Doctors' regulations bar medical practice from being a commercial venture.
The Dukan diet, similar to the Atkins low-carb diet, has been hugely successful around the world since it was launched in France in 2000 with the publication of Dukan's book Je Ne Sais Pas Maigrir (I Don't Know How to Lose Weight). Celebrity followers reportedly include the singer Katherine Jenkins and the actor Penelope Cruz. Dukan's empire includes a coaching business and online shops.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/26/pierre-dukan-diet-creator-struck-off-france