Robert Lustig

UC San Francisco

Guest

Pediatric endocrinologist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and director of its Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Program; author of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease

Robert Lustig on KCRW

Obesity is a major health problem in the United States, and sugar is one of the causes.

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Obesity is a major health problem in the United States, and sugar is one of the causes.

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Sugar and red meat are the villains du jour when it comes to what we should and should not eat.

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