--- title: Robert Lustig | TIME description: Robert H. Lustig, M.D., M.S.L. is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, and the President of the Institute for Responsible Nutrition, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the global food supply, and eradicating type 2 diabetes in children. He is the author of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease, Sugar Has 56 Names: A Shoppers Guide, and The Fat Chance Cookbook. canonical: https://time.com/author/robert-lustig/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/robert-lustig/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Robert Lustig ## Robert Lustig [_Robert H. Lustig_](http://profiles.ucsf.edu/robert.lustig)_, M.D., M.S.L. is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, and the President of the Institute for_ [_Responsible Nutrition_](responsiblefoods.org)_, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the global food supply, and eradicating type 2 diabetes in children. He is the author of_ Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease_,_ Sugar Has 56 Names: A Shoppers Guide_, and_ The Fat Chance Cookbook_._ ## Robert Lustig *  Jun 3, 2014 ### [How Sugar Went From a Condiment to a Diet Staple](https://time.com/2812756/how-sugar-went-from-a-condiment-to-a-diet-staple/) More and more Americans' meals resemble dessert, and Congress is to blame for our collective nationa... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-lustig/","name":"Robert Lustig"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-lustig/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/robert-lustig/"},"name":"Robert Lustig","jobTitle":null,"description":"Robert H. Lustig, M.D., M.S.L. is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, and the President of the Institute for Responsible Nutrition, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the global food supply, and eradicating type 2 diabetes in children. He is the author of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease, Sugar Has 56 Names: A Shoppers Guide, and The Fat Chance Cookbook.","url":"https://time.com/author/robert-lustig/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```