Gary Miller
Associate Professor of Health and Exercise Science
Miller’s research considers healthy behavioral lifestyle changes of nutrition and physical activity.
Biography
Recent reports indicate that the number of states with an obesity rate of 30 percent or more has tripled since 2007, and the Obama administration and public health officials are making nutrition and exercise a priority. Gary Miller’s research considers both healthy behavioral lifestyle changes of nutrition and physical activity as well as bariatric surgery… Read More »
Recent reports indicate that the number of states with an obesity rate of 30 percent or more has tripled since 2007, and the Obama administration and public health officials are making nutrition and exercise a priority. Gary Miller’s research considers both healthy behavioral lifestyle changes of nutrition and physical activity as well as bariatric surgery interventions in obesity and weight loss. Most of his work focuses on older adults, although he also works with children in community-based programs, such as supermarket health tours for school-aged children and intervention programs promoting healthy eating and physical activity targeting at-risk families.
In early 2008 he completed a study investigating the impact of gastric bypass weight loss surgery on body composition changes, physical function and inflammatory markers. Miller has published in the leading peer-reviewed journals in his field of study, including American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Obesity, International Journal of Obesity, Journal of Nutrition Health and Aging, Journal of Gerontology, and the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Media Appearances
Wearable activity trackers may not boost weight loss
Business Insider
September 20, 2016
This doesn’t mean that activity trackers “don’t work,” said Gary Miller of Wake Forest University Health and Exercise Department in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who wasn’t involved in the study.
“The comparison group is really not the average person out there,” Miller told Reuters Health. “There are so many factors that affect weight loss, it’s difficult to say that these devices aren’t worthwhile or aren’t necessary for people just based on weight loss.”
Weight loss also isn’t the only endpoint that might change with a wearable device, he said.
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Areas of Expertise
- Advanced Exercise Physiology
- Bariatric Surgery
- Childhood Obesity
- Culture and Diet
- Dietary Intervention
- Exercise Effects
- General Nutrition
- Inflammation and Disease
- Lifestyles and Diseases
- Nutrition in Health and Disease
- Obesity
- Physical Activity
- The Role of Leptin in Obesity
- Weight Loss
Education
University of California, Davis: Ph.D., Nutrition Sciences
Kansas State University: M.S., Kinesiology and Exercise Science
The University of Kansas: B.S., Pharmacy
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