Robert Hugh Rose

Robert Hugh Rose
Rose in 1918
Born(1876-01-24)January 24, 1876
Carthage, Missouri, US
DiedAugust 15, 1960(1960-08-15) (aged 84)
New York City, US
OccupationsDietitian, physician, writer

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

Biography

Rose was born on January 24, 1876, in 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 one of 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 published Diet & Health: With Key to the Calories.[2] He also argued that diet determined the size and shape of people.[3]

Rose's book Eat Your Way to Health was positively reviewed in medical journals.[4][5][6][7]

Rose died on August 15, 1960, aged 84, in New York City.[8]

Selected publications

  • The Maintenance Diet for Adults (New York Medical Journal, 1915)
  • Weight Increase (New York Medical Journal, 1915)
  • Weight Reduction (New York Medical Journal, 1915)
  • Eat Your Way To Health (1916, 1924)
  • Weight, Diet and Efficiency (New York Medical Journal, 1920)
  • Acid Gastritis (New York Medical Journal, 1921)
  • How To Stay Young (1933, 1940)

References

  1. ^ a b c Martin, Charles Alexander. (1910). Alumnal Record: DePauw University. Greencastle, Indiana. p. 216
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ "Man Is His Own Builder". The Brandon Sun. 16 February 1925. p. 14.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Eat Your Way to Health". The Review of Clinical Stomatology. 1 (10): 97–98. 1924.
  6. ^ "Eat Your Way to Health". Texas State Journal of Medicine. 20 (8): 467–468. 1924.
  7. ^ Donnelly, William Henry (1925). "Eat Your Way to Health". New York State Journal of Medicine. 25 (2): 101.
  8. ^ "Robert Hugh Rose". Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library of Columbia University. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
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