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1 concerned, I guess -- I became concerned that American
2 medicine was not doing enough to prevent illnesses, and
3 I formed an organisation called the Physicians Committee
4 for Responsible Medicine.
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6 However, concurrent with that, I moved back down to
7 Washington DC, was the associate director of the
8 psychiatric clinic at George Washington University, and
9 concurrent with that joined the Institute for Disease
10 Prevention, which is part of the cancer research effort of
11 the George Washington University School of Medicine, where
12 I was associate director for behavioural studies, and
13 conducted research on behavioural factors that might
14 assist in cancer prevention.
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16 Q. That was about what time?
17 A. I believe that was around 1988 and continued until
18 about 1992. In that capacity I have conducted research on
19 factors that might assist people in changing their
20 behaviour so as to particularly reduce the incidence of
21 cancer.
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23 Q. Now, if we can move on briefly to some of the -- you have
24 written widely, is that correct, on this subject?
25 A. Well, I have published accounts in the medical
26 literature as well as books for the lay reader.
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28 Q. Have you also written editorials for medical magazines?
29 A. Yes, I have written a number of editorials both for
30 medical magazines as well as for the lay press and have
31 some additional research studies that are about to be
32 printed shortly.
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34 Q. Is it true that you are writing an editorial for a journal
35 published by the American Medical Association?
36 A. This next month the American Medical Association will
37 be publishing a review that I conducted on factors that
38 facilitate dietary change to prevent chronic disease. One
39 of the American Medical Association's journals is called
40 The Archives of Family Medicine.
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42 Q. Very briefly, do you want to say something about the books
43 you have published?
44 A. The first book on nutrition I published was called The
45 Power of Your Plate, which came out in 1990, and was
46 predicated on a series of detailed interviews with Dr.
47 Denis Burkitt, a well known cancer researcher, as well as
48 Peter Greenwald, who is also the Head of Cancer Prevention
49 and controls the National Cancer Institute; Oliver
50 Alabaster, who is the Head of Cancer Research at the
51 George Washington University, and quite a number of other
52 experts. Their findings were described in lay terms,
53 along with references for interested professionals and
54 published in a volume called The Power of your Plate.
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56 Subsequently I wrote a book on weight control called The
57 Physicians' Slimming Guide and a book called Food for
58 Life, published by one of the random house divisions
59 called Harmony Books in 1993, which summarises dietary
60 factors in heart disease, in cancer, in obesity and in
