Robert Hugh Rose

Robert Hugh Rose (January 24, 1876 – August 15, 1960) was an American dietitian, physician and writer.

Robert Hugh Rose
BornJanuary 24, 1876
Carthage, Missouri
DiedAugust 15, 1960
New York City
Occupation(s)Physician, writer

Rose was born at Carthage, Missouri.[1] Rose graduated from DePauw University in 1898. He obtained his M.D. from College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York in 1902.[1] He practiced medicine in New York City.[1]

Rose was the first to advocate counting calories as a method to lose weight.[2] He proposed this in his book Eat Your Way to Health, published in 1916. In the second edition he described the method as a "scientific system of weight control". Rose proposed the counting calories method for weight loss two years before Lulu Hunt Peters famous Diet & Health: With Key to the Calories.[2]

Rose's book Eat Your Way to Health was positively reviewed in medical journals.[3][4][5][6]

Rose died on August 15, 1960.[7]

Selected publications

References
  1. Martin, Charles Alexander. (1910). Alumnal Record: DePauw University. Greencastle, Indiana. p. 216
  2. Smith, Andrew F. (2017). Food in America: The Past, Present, and Future of Food, Farming, and the Family Meal, Volume 1: Food and the Environment. ABC-CLIO. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-4408-4731-8
  3. Bowles, James T. B. (1916). "Eat Your Way to Health". American Journal of Public Health. 6 (11): 1334. doi:10.2105/AJPH.6.12.1334-b.
  4. "Eat Your Way to Health". The Review of Clinical Stomatology. 1 (10): 97–98. 1924.
  5. "Eat Your Way to Health". Texas State Journal of Medicine. 20 (8): 467–468. 1924.
  6. Donnelly, William Henry (1925). "Eat Your Way to Health". New York State Journal of Medicine. 25 (2): 101.
  7. "Robert Hugh Rose". Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library of Columbia University. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
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