His academic career was interspersed with public service: as director of labour exchanges from 1909 and permanent secretary of the Ministry of Food from 1919.

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But Miller, now 65, a former hospital food-service director in West Virginia, discovered a lifesaver--not more drugs but a program of daily exercise, stress reduction, group support and a diet very low in fat and high in vegetables and whole grains.

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