| Robert Hugh Rose | |
| Birth Date: | January 24, 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Carthage, Missouri |
| Death Date: | August 15, 1960 |
| Death Place: | New York City |
| Occupation: | Physician, writer |
Robert Hugh Rose (January 24, 1876 – August 15, 1960) was an American dietitian, physician and 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]