Welcome to Dr. W.C. Miller's Home Page

Hi! I am a professor of exercise science and nutrition in the Department of Exercise Science at The George Washington University Medical Center. This page describes my academic activity, while giving you some insight into our undergraduate and graduate curricula. The sections below will provide links to more detailed information about my research interests, clinical activity, and courses taught. If you have any questions or desire more information, feel free to contact me via any of the contact vehicles shown below.

Contact Information

Wayne C. Miller, Ph.D.
Department of Exercise Science
The George Washington University
817 23rd Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20052

Phone: (202) 994-2952
e-mail: wmiller@gwu.edu
FAX: (202) 994-1420

Office Hours:
Building K, Room 303

• Monday 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• Tuesday 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
• Wednesday 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Other hours by appointment

Brief Biographical Outline

• Over 50 research publications in diet composition, fat metabolism, body composition, weight control, behavior modification and obesity, exercise prescription for obesity, diet and exercise performance, and the physiological consequences of dietary change
• Published Books
• • Negotiated Peace: How to Win the War Over Weight
  • The Non-Diet Diet: A Simple 100-Point Scoring System for Weight Loss Without Counting Calories
  • The Biochemistry of Exercise and Metabolic Adaptation

• Graduate Program Coordinator for the Exercise Science Programs at The George Washington University Medical Center
• Director of the George Washington University Healthy Weight Management Programs
• Program Coordinator for the George Washington University Women's Exercise Resource Center
• Member of the Federal Trade Commission sponsored Partnership for Healthy Weight Management
• Research advisor and consultant to the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine
• Fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine (ASCM)
• Fellow in the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NASSO)
• Treasurer and membership clerk for the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)
• Editor, Healthy Weight Journal
• Director of the Indiana University Weight Loss Clinic, 1988-95
• Clinical Director, Non-Diet Diet Centers, Inc., 1993-95
• College Courses Taught
• Basic Nutrition
• Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism
• Weight Loss, Dieting and Eating Disorders
• Exercise, Nutrition and Weight Control
• Exercise Biochemistry
• Nutrition in Sport
• Exercise Physiology
• Body Composition and Obesity
• Evaluation and Counseling Techniques in Exercise, Nutrition, and Eating Behavior
• Foundations in Exercise Science
• Organizing and Directing Sport, Health, and Fitness Activities

My Detailed Vita

Research Interests

My overall research focus is in the regulation of fat metabolism. Specifically, I am interested in how dietary fat and carbohydrate regulate their own metabolism. I have investigated the biochemical adaptations to dietary fat that increase exercise endurance performance, and how dietary composition affects body fat deposition. Some of my notable research findings have been:

• a high-fat diet can produce severe obesity without overeating
• a diet high in refined sugar can also produce severe obesity without overeating
• a high-fat diet enhances exercise endurance in spite of reduced initial glycogen stores
• substrate use and the metabolic response to exercise in obesity

My clinical research interests also focus upon diet composition and metabolism. In our Human Performance Labs I have studied primarily the obese population. Some of my notable findings in this area include:

• the obese population is characterized by a high-fat diet that is also high in refined sugar and relatively low in fiber
• derivation of prediction equations for maximal heart rate and residual lung volume in the obese population
• design of the Non-Diet Diet: A Simple 100-Point Scoring System for Weight Loss Without Counting Calories
• design of a behavior monitoring system for diabetes control
• design of the Negotiated Peace system for healthy weight management

Clinical Activity

Throughout my career I have been involved in clinical practice. I am the Program Coordinator for the Women's Exercise Resource Center and direct the Healthy Weight Management Programs at The George Washington University Medical Center. I was the Director of the Indiana University Weight Loss Clinic and Clinical Director for Non-Diet Diet Centers, Inc. I have a clinical practice in the DC metropolitan area called Healthy Weight Management.

Clinically, I deal with those individuals with unhealthy eating and activity patterns. Most of my work has been with the overweight population, although I do work with anorectics and bulimics. Rather than focus on dieting, body weight, or body size; my approach is behavioral. The basis of this approach lies in the fact that one's behavior is governed by the interaction between the intellectual and emotional selves. Thus, in order to make a lasting behavior change, the intellectual and emotional selves have to negotiate for a behavior which is appropriate intellectually, as well as one that meets the emotional needs. We have developed a therapeutic process that helps people negotiate new lasting healthy weight management behaviors by discovering how to meet both their emotional and intellectual needs. We call this process Negotiated Peace.

Current Course Syllabi

EXSC 101 Myth Versus Fact in Exercise and Nutrition

EXSC 103 Professional Foundations of Exercise Science

EXSC 230 Evaluating and Counseling Techniques

EXSC 245 Exercise, Nutrition and Weight Control

EXSC 253 Advanced Nutrition and Metabolic Adaptation

EXSC 255 Fitness Evaluation and Exercise Prescription

Comments and suggestions should be sent to Wayne C. Miller.

Last Updated: April 17, 2002

The URL for this page is: http://www.gwumc.edu/exercise/miller/