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The program became embroiled in controversy when it was found that its founder was morbidly <a href="/wiki/Obese" class="mw-redirect" title="Obese">obese</a> and had provided some false <a href="/wiki/Testimonial" title="Testimonial">testimonials</a> on her website. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimkins&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The diet was developed by Diaz on Lowcarbfriends.com—an online <a href="/wiki/Internet_forum" title="Internet forum">message board</a> focusing on <a href="/wiki/Low-carbohydrate_diet" title="Low-carbohydrate diet">low-carbohydrate diets</a> . Diaz left the board in 2006 to start Kimkins with a partner, and in January 2007 <a href="/wiki/People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)"><i>People</i></a> featured a column on extreme weight loss that mentioned Kimkins.<sup id="cite_ref-About_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The program gained popularity when <i><a href="/wiki/Woman%27s_World" title="Woman's World">Woman's World</a></i> published a feature on the diet and its creator 'Kim Drake' in their June 12, 2007 issue.<sup id="cite_ref-Consumeraffairs_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Consumeraffairs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2007, considerable negative coverage of the diet began appearing on the internet, particularly in the form of <a href="/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">blogs</a> and several of the site's administrators were fired after publicly questioning the diet. In September 2007, a <a href="/wiki/Private_investigator" title="Private investigator">private investigator</a> was hired to investigate Diaz, exposing her real identity as well as publishing numerous photos demonstrating she was morbidly obese.<sup id="cite_ref-About_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawsuit">Lawsuit</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimkins&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Class_action" title="Class action">class action</a> lawsuit was launched against the website in March, 2008 after it was revealed that the diet's creator was a 300-pound woman named Heidi Diaz who was promoting the diet under the pseudonym Kim 'Kimmer' Drake. During investigations for the suit it was found that the website took in $1,200,000 during the month of June, 2007 alone.<sup id="cite_ref-Consumeraffairs_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Consumeraffairs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also was revealed that the post-weight loss photos were taken from a mail-order bride website rather than actually representing someone who actually had undertaken the diet.<sup id="cite_ref-Slimchance_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slimchance-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous <a href="/wiki/Testimonial" title="Testimonial">testimonials</a> on the website were falsified, and several of the website employees have been fired for questioning the safety of the diet.<sup id="cite_ref-About_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Consumeraffairs_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Consumeraffairs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABCNews_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCNews-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Consumer_concerns">Consumer concerns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kimkins&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Consumer concerns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of the website were banned after they disagreed with Diaz online. People who failed to lose weight were quickly blamed for not adhering to the diet strictly enough. Diaz encouraged people to continue following the plan despite showing signs of <a href="/wiki/Eating_disorders" class="mw-redirect" title="Eating disorders">eating disorders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-About_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The diet won an award for "Worst Product for 2008" from the website healthyweight.net.<sup id="cite_ref-Slimchance_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slimchance-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Los Angeles <a href="/wiki/Better_Business_Bureau" title="Better Business Bureau">Better Business Bureau</a> gave the company a rating of "F," which means they "strongly question the company’s reliability for reasons such as that they have failed to respond to complaints, their advertising is grossly misleading, they are not in compliance with the law’s licensing or registration requirements, 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