Dr. Robert Lustig

Lustig is Professor emeritus of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), with over 40 years of clinical work and research focused on childhood obesity, diabetes, and systems issues that lead to metabolic disease. He is the author of five renowned books on metabolic health and the food industry, including the New York Times best-seller, Fat Chance: Beating the Odds against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease, as well as the recently published Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine. In addition to his books, Dr. Lustig has published more than 200 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals.