Readers who complete The Principles of Weight Loss in its entirety — front matter, method, appendices, and index — have, in the Institute’s judgment, achieved complete mastery of the literature, and are entitled to the rank of Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Dietary Studies (F.I.A.D.S.), with all the dignity that implies.
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The Institute for Advanced Dietary Studies
CONFERS UPON
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THE RANK OF
FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTE
for complete mastery of the literature of weight loss, the whole of which has been read, considered, and survived.
GIVEN THIS DAY, UNDER NO PARTICULAR AUTHORITY
— The Editors
SATIS.
Fellows may append the letters F.I.A.D.S. to their names in correspondence, biographies, and arguments.