博士 Gregory Miller
Sustainable food systems that deliver nutrition and health.
Gregory D. Miller, Ph.D., FASN, Global Chief Science Officer and executive vice president, research, regulatory and scientific affairs for Dairy Management Inc./National Dairy Council (NDC), Rosemont, Illinois as well as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the department of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois. He is also the Nutritional Security Sector Lead for the Global Dairy Platform and is recognized as a leading voice in the global food system. He is currently leading the effort to enhance dairy’s contributions toward a more sustainable food system by examining the intersection between nutrition, health, food insecurity, and environmental impact.
Dr. Miller graduated in 1978 from Michigan State University with a B.S. degree in Nutrition and in 1982 earned a M.S. degree in Nutrition (Toxicology) from The Pennsylvania State University. In 1986 he received a Ph.D. in Nutrition (Toxicology) from The Pennsylvania State University. In 2022 he was named a Distinguished Alumni by The Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Miller is a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. He has served on the editorial board for the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Current Nutrition & Food Science, The Open Nutrition Journal and Journal of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics. He has served as President for the American College of Nutrition. He was a Member of the Board of Directors for the American Society for Nutrition and the International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics.
In October of 2016, Dr. Miller was appointed to a Food and Agricultural Organization High Level Panel of Experts to carry out a study on Nutrition and Food Systems that report fed into the Committee on World Food Security debates at the 44th session in 2017. In July of 2021, he was appointed to an FAO Scientific Advisory Committee guiding the process leading to a ‘comprehensive and evidence-based global assessment of the contribution of livestock to food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition and healthy diets.
Dr. Miller has presented more than 155 invited lectures at national and international meetings and has published more than 190 research papers, reviews, articles, and abstracts. He has co-edited three books on diet, nutrition, and toxicology and contributed chapters to nine books. He is co-author of the Handbook of Dairy Foods and Nutrition, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Editions.
Dr. Miller has appeared on the NBC Today Show, CNBC, CNN, CBS Evening News, and has been quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times (London).
博士 Gregory Miller
On behalf of Global Dairy Platform:
In response to the request for feedback on V0 draft of the HLPE report on Reducing inequalities for food security and nutrition, we respectfully submit the following:
This report will make an important contribution to the work of the CFS. It is good that the report recognizes that food security and Nutrition (FSN) is context-specific and requires diverse solutions operating at a range of scales. The report examines agri-food systems generally, which assumes uniformity of impact across all forms of agriculture. However, specific agricultural systems may have very different impacts than others (i.e., dairy, soybean, chickens, lamb, corn, etc.). Although an in-depth discussion on differing effects of various foods and food production systems on FSN in the context of inequalities and inequities may not be suitable for this report, it should at least be recognized with some discussion or examples. There is some recognition of the impact that livestock may have on improving FSN and reducing some inequities. The role of dairying in providing FSN and reducing inequalities may provide a good example to highlight. Dairy is relevant, according to the FAO (http://www.fao.org/3/cb2992en/cb2992en.pdf), there are approximately 133 million dairy farms globally, with 600 million people living on these farms deriving their livelihood from dairying. The livelihood of an additional 400 million people are supported by the jobs created up and downstream from the farm. There are approximately 240 million jobs created by the dairy sector. Of the 133 million farms, 37 million are female headed, with 80 million women engaged in dairy farming to some extent. An FAO report on Dairy Developments Impact on Poverty Reduction (https://www.fao.org/3/ca2185en/CA2185EN.pdf) provides evidence of the relationship between dairy development and improvements in human welfare. This report showed that dairy provides a pathway out of poverty for individuals, families, and communities. Women empowered by dairy have increased income and influence.
Another FAO report, Dairy’s Impact on Reducing Global Hunger: research summary (https://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CB1198EN/), provides quantitative evidence on the positive impact dairying can have on eradicating hunger globally. It was found that increasing household production of dairy increased dairy consumption which was associated with child linear growth and reduced stunting.
Dairy foods are nutrient rich and intake has been associated with reduced risk of several chronic diseases (diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, osteoporosis/fractures, over weight). It has been shown that adequate dairy intake as part of a healthy diet can reduce health care costs (Scrafford et al. Nutrients 2020, 12, 233; doi:10.3390/nu12010233).
The impact of dairying is a good example of how production and consumption of a specific food type can impact FSN and improve inequalities.
Additional Comments on the report:
In this report, it seems some inequality issues (i.e., gender) may have a larger impact in LMIC, I believe it would strengthen this report if it was made clearer when the impact of this issue (or others) is occurring mainly in LMIC or HIC as was done with stigma related to obesity (mainly wealthy countries)
In chapter 2 it would be good to reference Ty Beal paper recently published in Lancet (Micronutrient deficiencies among preschool-aged children and women of reproductive age worldwide: a pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-representative surveys https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(22)00367-9/fulltext#.Y7XuwoJe6bs.twitter), as it provides the most recent data on micronutrient deficiencies globally and shows HICs have more deficiencies than previously thought.
In chapter 3, pg. 62., it states: “A high proportion of such challenges in the health and nutrition arena related to aspects such as labelling, and regulatory chill compromises nutritional quality of diets and the utilization dimension of food security.” However, it should be recognized that the data on the value of nutrition and FOP labeling in changing dietary patterns seems to be small and the data is inconsistent ( Are Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labels Influencing Food Choices and Purchases, Diet Quality, and Modeled Health Outcomes? A Narrative Review of Four Systems https://www.mdpi.com/2043952 #mdpinutrients via @Nutrients_MDPI Dec. 2022).
Gregory D. Miller, Ph.D., F.A.S.N.
Global Chief Science Officer, National Dairy Council
Executive Vice President, Dairy Management, Inc.
Nutritional Security, Sector Lead, Global Dairy Platform