ROBERT H. LUSTIG

Robert H. Lustig

Robert H. Lustig (born 1957) is an American pediatric endocrinologist. He is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he specializes in neuroendocrinology and childhood obesity. He is also director of UCSF's WATCH program (Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health), and president and co-founder of the non-profit Institute for Responsible Nutrition.

Robert Lustig came to public attention in 2009 when one of his medical lectures, "Sugar: The Bitter Truth," went viral on YouTube. He is the editor of Obesity Before Birth: Maternal and Prenatal Influences on the Offspring (2010), and author of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease (2013).

Born

1957, Brooklyn, New York

Education

Bachelor's, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976.

MD, Cornell University Medical College, 1980.

Residency in pediatriacs, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1983.

Clinical fellowship in pediatric endocrinology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, 1984.

Postdoctoral fellowship in neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University, 1986.

Master of Studies in Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law

Profession

Clinical medical practice, teaching and research in neuroendocrinology, pediatric endocrinology

Institutions

University of California, San Francisco, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital

Sub-Specialties

Childhood obesity, metabolic syndrome

Research

Biochemical, neural, hormonal and genetic influences contributing to obesity

Websites

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/robert.lustig 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lustig

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