Dr. Robert H. Lustig
MD, MSL -- Pediatric Endocrinologist, UCSF
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Why We Cite This Expert
Pediatric endocrinologist whose 'Sugar: The Bitter Truth' lecture reshaped public understanding of metabolic disease and positioned him as one of the most-cited clinical voices on the metabolic drivers that GLP-1 and incretin therapies target.
Biography
Dr. Robert H. Lustig is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco, and holds a Master of Studies in Law (MSL) focused on food policy. He is a pediatric endocrinologist whose clinical and academic work centers on the biology of metabolic disease, fructose metabolism, and insulin resistance.
His 2009 lecture 'Sugar: The Bitter Truth' has accumulated over 24 million views and is credited with reshaping public understanding of sugar's role in metabolic syndrome, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. He co-founded the Institute for Responsible Nutrition and has authored several bestselling books on processed food and metabolic health.
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