About Robert
Robert H. Lustig is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. He holds a Bachelor's degree from MIT (1976), an M.D. from Cornell University Medical College (1980), and an M.S.L. from UC Hastings College of Law (2013). He completed his pediatric residency at St. Louis Children's Hospital (1983) and clinical fellowship at UCSF (1984), followed by six years as a research associate in neuroendocrinology at The Rockefeller University.
Photo: Ancestral Health Symposium 2012, Ancestry Foundation / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
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Expert / AcademicMedical ExpertAuthorSpeakerScientistAdded Sugar And Chronic Metabolic DiseaseChildhood Obesity And Endocrine DisordersCorporate Wellness Versus Public HealthFood Industry Marketing And RegulationFructose Metabolism And Toxicity
Known for
- Researching and advocating against added sugar and processed foods
- Public speaking on metabolic health, obesity, and diabetes epidemics
- Neuroscience and the biochemistry of pleasure versus happiness
- Policy advocacy for food regulation and industry reform
- Authoring Fat Chance and The Hacking of the American Mind
- Creating viral educational content on nutrition and health
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