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Robert Lustig

Actor
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.

Lustig came to public attention in 2009 when one of his medical lectures, "Sugar: The Bitter Truth," became popular 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).

Known For

  • The Weight of the Nation

Filmography

2022
Lie and Truth (TV Series) · as Self
2021
2020
History 101 (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
2020
Fat Fiction · as Self - Pediatric Endocrinologist
2019
El Susto · as Self
2019
Supps: The Movie · as Self
2015
Sugar Coated · as Self - Doctor Of Pediatric Endocrinology
2014
Fed Up · as Self
2008
The Doctors (TV Series) · as Self
2005
The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Himself
1972
Marketplace (TV Series) · as Self
1968
60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Endocrinologist (segment "sugar")
1964
Horizon (TV Series) · as Self - University Of California, San Francisco

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