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    Good Food

    Big Sugar's Public Enemy Number One

    Dr. Robert Lustig is a professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at UC San Francisco. His youtube lecture, Sugar: The Bitter Truth , has been viewed over four million times. He is also the author of Fat Chance and is one of the prominent voices in the new documentary Fed Up.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Dec 23, 2014 • 1 min read

    Dr. Robert Lustig is a professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at UC San Francisco. His youtube lecture, Sugar: The Bitter Truth, has been viewed over four million times. He is also the author of Fat Chance and is one of the prominent voices in the new documentary Fed Up.

    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Fat Shaming, Sugar, Jonathan Gold's Favorite Dishes of 2014
    1. 0:08Is LA Full of Fat Shamers? Can You Fat Shame a Man?
    2. 11:16Health at Every Size
    3. 19:59Fed Up, the Movie
    4. 34:35Big Sugar's Public Enemy Number One You’re reading this
    5. 48:54Jonathan Gold's Favorite Dishes of 2014
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Fat Shaming, Sugar, Jonathan Gold's Favorite Dishes of 2014
    1. 0:08Is LA Full of Fat Shamers? Can You Fat Shame a Man?
    2. 11:16Health at Every Size
    3. 19:59Fed Up, the Movie
    4. 34:35Big Sugar's Public Enemy Number One You’re reading this
    5. 48:54Jonathan Gold's Favorite Dishes of 2014
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