Charles R. Attwood
Charles R. Attwood | |
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Photo of Attwood taken from the back cover of his 1998 book A Vegetarian Doctor Speaks Out. | |
Born | 1932 |
Died | 8 September 1998 |
Occupation | Paediatrician |
Charles Raymond Attwood (1932 – 8 September 1998) was an American board-certified paediatrician and vegetarianism activist who promoted a low-fat diet.[1]
Biography
Attwood was born near New Edinburg, Arkansas. He was the son of Mrs. Raymond Attwood.[2] He received his Bachelor of Arts from Hendrix College in 1953, qualified MD from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in 1958, and interned at Brook General Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.[1] He served in the US Army as a pediatrician at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and completed his pediatric residence at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco. After his army career, Attwood worked with Henry Bruin, specializing in infectious disease.[2] He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.[1]
In 1972, Attwood moved to Crowley, Louisiana, and opened a private practice.[2] In the 1990s, Attwood was instrumental in defending some vegan parents whose children were removed by social workers from the California Department of Children's Services.[1] Attwood wrote health articles in national and European publications, and served as a writer and consultant for Medical Economics Magazine. Along with colleagues Dean Ornish, John A. McDougall and Neal Barnard, Attwood successfully petitioned the United States Department of Agriculture to include a statement in its Guidelines for Americans that a vegetarian diet promotes health.[2]
Attwood published Dr. Attwood’s Low-fat Prescription for Kids in 1995, in which he advocated a low-fat, plant-based diet for children and cited evidence that such a diet is necessary for children to avoid heart disease, stroke, certain cancers, and diabetes.[3] Benjamin Spock wrote the Foreword. Attwood took a leave of absence from his practice to promote his book, and traveled over the ensuing three and a half years until his death.[2]
In 1996, as a consultant for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Attwood exposed the Gerber Baby Food practice of diluting fruits and vegetables with water, sugar, and modified starch.[4] Gerber's market share dropped from 85% to 65% in the months following a national news conference on the practice. Shortly thereafter Gerber discontinued this 40-year practice, changing their labels to reflect 100% fruit and 100% vegetables.[2]
In June 1997, Attwood was sued for malpractice by the mother of a child who died from complications of diabetes.[5]
Attwood established and helped build the vegetarian website, VegSource.org.[2] Benjamin Spock later hired Attwood to work as a nutritional consultant for the last revision of his own classic bestseller, Baby and Child Care, released in July 1998.[2]
Attwood's audio series, The Gold Standard Diet: How to Live to be 100, was released nationally to bookstores in 1998.[2] In October 1998, Hohm Press published Attwood's book, A Vegetarian Doctor Speaks Out, some of which grew out of letters from people who contacted him through his website.[2]
Diet
Attwood's recommended diet was a low-fat vegetarian diet that excluded processed foods and vegetable oils. Attwood's diet emphasized the consumption of vegetables, fruit, legumes and whole grains with the optional addition of egg whites and non-fat dairy products.[1][6] Attwood argued that a low-fat vegetarian diet could reduce the risk of certain cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and stroke.[1]
Personal life
Attwood was married to his publicist, Judy B. Calmes Attwood. The couple had seven children.[2]
Attwood died at his home in Greenville, South Carolina, at the age of 66 from complications of a malignant brain tumor.[2] He is buried in Springwood Cemetery in Greenville.[2]
Selected publications
- Dr. Attwood's Low-Fat Prescription for Kids (1995)
- A Vegetarian Doctor Speaks Out (1998)
References
- ^ a b c d e f Puskar-Pasewicz, Margaret (Sep 16, 2010). Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. ABC-CLIO. pp. 41–42. ISBN 9780313375576.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Beloved pediatrician and activist Charles Attwood dies at age 66". VegSource. Archived from the original on 1999-01-27. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ Bragg, Paul Chappius and Patricia (Jan 9, 2001). Healthy Heart: Keep Your Cardiovascular System Healthy & Fit at Any Age. Health Science Publications, Inc. pp. 230. ISBN 9780877900962.
- ^ "Consumer Group Accuses Gerber Baby Foods of "Pervasive Misleading Advertising"". Center for Science in the Public Interest. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ "FUTCH v. ATTWOOD". Leagle. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ Attwood, Charles R. (1998). A Vegetarian Doctor Speaks Out. Hohm Press. ISBN 0-934252-85-8
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Veganism | |
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Vegetarianism | |
Lists |
Secular | |
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Religious |
and drink
- Agave syrup
- Chicken fillet roll
- Coconut burger
- Coconut milk
- Fruits
- Grains
- Gelatin substitutes
- Jambon
- Meat alternative
- Miso
- Mochi
- Mock duck
- Nutritional yeast
- Plant cream
- Plant milk
- Quinoa
- Quorn
- Seitan
- Soy yogurt
- Tempeh
- Tofu
- Tofurkey
- Cheese
- Vegetables
- Hot dog
- Vegetarian mark
- Sausage
- Sausage roll
- Beer
- Wine
- Veggie burger
and events
reports,
journals
- On Abstinence from Eating Animals (3rd century)
- An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty (1802)
- Vegetable Cookery (1812)
- A Vindication of Natural Diet (1813)
- Reasons for not Eating Animal Food (1814)
- Moral Inquiries on the Situation of Man and of Brutes (1824)
- Nature's Own Book (1835)
- Fruits and Farinacea (1845)
- The Pleasure Boat (1845)
- The Ethics of Diet (1883)
- What is Vegetarianism? (1886)
- Shelley's Vegetarianism (1891)
- Behind the Scenes in Slaughter-Houses (1892)
- Why I Am a Vegetarian (1895)
- Figs or Pigs? (1896)
- Thirty-nine Reasons Why I Am a Vegetarian (1903)
- The Meat Fetish (1904)
- The New Ethics (1907)
- A Fleshless Diet (1910)
- The Benefits of Vegetarianism (1927)
- Living the Good Life (1954)
- Ten Talents (1968)
- Diet for a Small Planet (1971)
- The Vegetarian Epicure (1972)
- Moosewood Collective Cookbooks (1973)
- The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook (1975)
- Laurel's Kitchen (1976)
- Moosewood Cookbook (1977)
- Fit for Life (1985)
- Diet for a New America (1987)
- The Sexual Politics of Meat (1990)
- Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (1997)
- The China Study (2005)
- Skinny Bitch (2005)
- Livestock's Long Shadow (2006)
- The Bloodless Revolution (2006)
- Eating Animals (2009)
- Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (2009)
- The Vegan Studies Project (2015)
- Animal (De)liberation (2016)
- The End of Animal Farming (2018)
- Vegetable Kingdom (2020)
- Making a Stand for Animals (2022)
- Meat Atlas (annual)
- The Animals Film (1981)
- Diet for a New America (film) (1991)
- A Cow at My Table (1998)
- Meet Your Meat (2002)
- Post Punk Kitchen (2003–2005)
- Peaceable Kingdom (2004)
- Earthlings (2005)
- A Sacred Duty (2007)
- Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead (2010)
- Planeat (2010)
- Forks Over Knives (2011)
- Vegucated (2011)
- Live and Let Live (2013)
- Cowspiracy (2014)
- PlantPure Nation (2015)
- What the Health (2017)
- Carnage (2017)
- Dominion (2018)
- Eating You Alive (2018)
- The Game Changers (2018)
- You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024)
authors,
physicians
cookbook authors
- Nava Atlas
- Mayim Bialik
- Gypsy Boots
- BOSH!
- Edward Espe Brown
- Tabitha Brown (actress)
- Suzy Amis Cameron
- Hannah Che
- Pinky Cole
- Chloe Coscarelli
- Yamuna Devi
- Sue Donaldson
- Crescent Dragonwagon
- Rose Elliot
- Rip Esselstyn
- Carol Lee Flinders
- Dick Gregory
- Richa Hingle
- Madhur Jaffrey
- Mollie Katzen
- Frances Moore Lappé
- Deborah Madison
- Linda McCartney
- Mary McCartney
- Tracye McQuirter
- Joanne Lee Molinaro
- Moosewood Collective
- Isa Chandra Moskowitz
- Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
- Gaz Oakley
- Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
- Mathew Pritchard
- Satchidananda Saraswati
- Derek Sarno
- Miyoko Schinner
- Alicia Silverstone
- Hannah Sunderani
- Bryant Terry
- Anna Thomas
- Haile Thomas
- Lauren Toyota
- Jeeca Uy
- Umberto Veronesi
- Nisha Vora
- Alan Wakeman
- Ben & Esther's Vegan Jewish Deli
- Cinnaholic
- Crossroads Kitchen
- Greens Restaurant
- Little Pine (restaurant)
- Slutty Vegan
- Souley Vegan
- Veggie Grill