What is Robert Lustig?
[[File:Robert_Lustig,_March_2013.jpg|thumb|Lustig speaking in Cambridge, MA, 2013]] '''Robert H. Lustig''' (born 1957) is an [[United States|American]] [[Pediatric endocrinology|pediatric endocrinologist]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert Lustig {{!}} UCSF Profiles|url=https://profiles.ucsf.edu/robert.lustig|access-date=2021-05-05|website=profiles.ucsf.edu}}</ref> He has been known for speaking out against sugar.<ref>{{Cite web|title=VIDEO: Sugar: The Bitter Truth|url=https://www.uctv.tv/shows/Sugar-The-Bitter-Truth-16717|access-date=2021-05-05|website=www.uctv.tv|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UCSF Lecture on Sugar & Obesity Goes Viral as Experts Confront Health Crisis|url=https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2010/03/103621/ucsf-lecture-sugar-obesity-goes-viral-experts-confront-health-crisis|access-date=2021-05-05|website=UCSF Lecture on Sugar & Obesity Goes Viral as Experts Confront Health Crisis {{!}} UC San Francisco|language=en}}</ref> He has been mentioned in some articles about the bad effects of sugar.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Taubes|first=Gary|date=2011-04-13|title=Is Sugar Toxic?|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html|access-date=2021-05-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-07|title=The sugar conspiracy {{!}} Ian Leslie|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin|access-date=2021-05-05|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> He does not believe that a [[calorie is a calorie]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Do you believe a calorie is a calorie? {{!}} Robert Lustig Website|url=https://robertlustig.com/2017/04/a-calorie-is-not-a-calorie/|access-date=2021-05-05|website=robertlustig.com|language=en-US}}</ref> == Written books == * (2010) ''Obesity Before Birth: Maternal and Prenatal Influences on the Offspring.'' Boston: Springer Science. * (2013) ''Fat Chance: Beating the Odds against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease.'' New York: Hudson Street Press. * (2013) ''Sugar Has 56