Robert H. Lustig, M.D., MSL, is professor of pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology and a member of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at University of California, San Francisco. He has authored 120 peer-reviewed articles and 70 reviews, as well as The Fat Chance Cookbook, The Hacking of the American Mind, and Metabolical. He has mentored 30 pediatric endocrine fellows and trained numerous other allied health professionals. He is the former chairman of the Obesity Task Force of the Pediatric Endocrine Society, a member of the Obesity Task Force of the Endocrine Society, and a member of the Pediatric Obesity Devices Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He is also the president of the nonprofit Institute for Responsible Nutrition, dedicated to reversing childhood obesity and Type 2 Diabetes. He consults for several childhood obesity advocacy groups and government agencies.
“No scientist has done more in the last fifty years to alert
Americans to the potential dangers of sugar in the diet than Dr.
Robert Lustig.”
--Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get
Fat
“Our eating habits are killing us. In this timely and important
book, Dr. Robert Lustig presents the scientific evidence for the
toxicity of sugar and the disastrous effects of modern industrial
food on the hormones that control hunger, satiety, and weight. He
gives recommendations for a personal solution to the problem we
face and also suggests a public policy solution. Fat Chance is the
best book I've read on the relationship between diet and health and
the clearest explanation of epidemic obesity in our society.”
--Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Spontaneous Happiness and You Can’t
Afford to Get Sick
“Fat Chance is THE manifesto for our time. It reveals the real
reasons we why we are a fat nation and how to cure the obesity
epidemic. It gets right to the root of the problem,
which is not gluttony and sloth, as the food industry, government
and your neighbor would have you believe. It is because we
are drowning in a sea of sugar which poisons our metabolism,
shrinks our brains, and threatens our national security and global
competitiveness. Every American, politician, teacher, and
business leader must read this book. Our nation's future
depends on it.”
--Mark Hyman, M.D., author of The Blood Sugar Solution
“Fat Chance is an extraordinary achievement. Obesity's causes,
mechanisms, health consequences, and preventive approaches are all
devilishly complicated, but Dr. Lustig's outstanding contribution
clarifies the complexity via a writing style that's accessible,
insightful, and often gently humorous. Robert Lustig is a
clinician, a scientist, and an advocate — a combination that that
makes him uniquely qualified to bring the condition's many facets
into sharp focus. Obesity has become the world's number one health
problem. Fat Chance is the book for all of us who must confront
this epidemic.”
--S. Boyd Eaton, M.D., Departments of Radiology and Anthropology,
Emory University, and father of the Paleo Diet movement
“Robert Lustig is neither ringing an alarm bell nor giving us a
gentle, paternalistic nudge. His message is more authentic. He is a
medical doctor issuing a prescription. In order to address a
current cocktail of health threats, Americans must alter their
diets and do so radically. Those alterations must begin with a
dramatic reduction in the consumption of sugars.”
--Alec Baldwin
“The obesity pandemic is well documented. But what can be done
about it? More importantly, when does a personal health issue rise
to become a public health crisis? In Fat Chance, Dr. Robert Lustig
examines the science of obesity to determine the role that our
current diet (especially too much sugar and too little fiber) plays
in weight gain and disease. Using that knowledge, he proposes
changes in our personal, public, and governmental attitudes to
combat this scourge. Fat Chance is a 'savory' read with a 'sweet'
finish.”
--Sanjay Gupta, M.D., neurosurgeon and CNN medical correspondent
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