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Robert H. Lustig is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research is primarily focused within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to public health, physiology, genetics, epidemiology, and pediatrics. Their work encompasses a diverse range of topics related to diet, metabolism, and disease.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Robert H. Lustig frequently publishes in several venues, indicating a sustained engagement with certain academic journals. The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Gastroenterology
  • Nutrients
  • Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Some recent notable papers authored by Lustig include:

  • Obesity I: Overview and molecular and biochemical mechanisms (2022) in Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Ultraprocessed Food: Addictive, Toxic, and Ready for Regulation (2020) in Nutrients
  • Ultraprocessed Food: Addictive, Toxic, and Ready for Regulation (2020) in Preprints.org

Lustig has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Sarah Howard, Jerrold J. Heindel, Neera Gupta, Howard Andrews, and Francisco Sylvester. The recurring collaboration with Jerrold J. Heindel is notable, as Heindel is also a primary author on related obesity and chemical exposure research.

Their research addresses complex biochemical and molecular mechanisms underlying obesity and metabolism, with work extending into the impact of ultraprocessed foods. Lustig's contributions intersect areas involving public health challenges such as inflammatory bowel disease, pediatric health, and regulatory aspects related to nutrition.

Best Publications

  • Dietary Sugars Intake and Cardiovascular Health A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Rachel K. Johnson;Lawrence J. Appel;Michael Brands;Barbara V. Howard

  • Public health: The toxic truth about sugar

    Robert H. Lustig;Laura A. Schmidt;Claire D. Brindis

  • Progress and challenges in metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, and Obesity in the Young Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular Nursing; and Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism.

    Julia Steinberger;Stephen R. Daniels;Robert H. Eckel;Laura Hayman

  • The role of fructose in the pathogenesis of NAFLD and the metabolic syndrome.

    Jung Sub Lim;Michele Mietus-Snyder;Annie Valente;Jean Marc Schwarz

  • RANDOMIZED COMPARISON OF STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FOLLOWED BY CONVENTIONAL RADIOTHERAPY WITH CARMUSTINE TO CONVENTIONAL RADIOTHERAPY WITH CARMUSTINE FOR PATIENTS WITH GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME: REPORT OF RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP 93-05 PROTOCOL

    Luis Souhami;Wendy Seiferheld;David Brachman;Ervin B. Podgorsak

  • Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric Obesity: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline Based on Expert Opinion

    Gilbert P. August;Sonia Caprio;Ilene Fennoy;Michael Freemark

  • Long-term follow-up of the RTOG 9501/intergroup phase III trial: postoperative concurrent radiation therapy and chemotherapy in high-risk squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

    Jay S. Cooper;Qiang Zhang;Thomas F. Pajak;Arlene A. Forastiere

  • Consensus statement : Childhood obesity

    Phyllis W. Speiser;Mary C. J. Rudolf;Henry Anhalt;Cecilia Camacho-Hubner

  • The Relationship of Sugar to Population-Level Diabetes Prevalence: An Econometric Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Data

    Sanjay Basu;Paula Yoffe;Nancy Hills;Robert H. Lustig

  • Mindfulness Intervention for Stress Eating to Reduce Cortisol and Abdominal Fat among Overweight and Obese Women: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Study.

    Jennifer Daubenmier;Jean Kristeller;Frederick M. Hecht;Nicole Maninger

  • Sugar-sweetened beverages, serum uric acid, and blood pressure in adolescents.

    Stephanie Nguyen;Hyon K. Choi;Robert H. Lustig;Chi yuan Hsu

  • What is metabolic syndrome, and why are children getting it?

    Ram Weiss;Andrew A. Bremer;Robert H. Lustig

  • Late Effects of Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Patients With Low-Grade Glioma: Prospective Evaluation of Cognitive, Endocrine, and Hearing Deficits

    Thomas E. Merchant;Heather M. Conklin;Shengjie Wu;Robert H. Lustig

  • Fructose: Metabolic, Hedonic, and Societal Parallels with Ethanol

    Robert H. Lustig

  • Nephrogenic Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis

    Brian J Feldman;Stephen M Rosenthal;Gabriel A Vargas;Raymond G Fenwick

  • Dietary carbohydrate restriction in type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome: time for a critical appraisal

    Anthony Accurso;Richard K Bernstein;Annika Dahlqvist;Boris Draznin

  • Craniopharyngioma: The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital experience 1984-2001

    Thomas E Merchant;Erin N Kiehna;Robert A Sanford;Raymond K Mulhern

  • Risk factors for the development of obesity in children surviving brain tumors.

    Robert H. Lustig;Susan R. Post;Kleebsabai Srivannaboon;Susan R. Rose

  • Fast Food, Central Nervous System Insulin Resistance, and Obesity

    Elvira Isganaitis;Robert H. Lustig

  • Octreotide Therapy of Pediatric Hypothalamic Obesity: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

    Robert H. Lustig;Pamela S. Hinds;Karen Ringwald-Smith;Robbin K. Christensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Elissa S. Epel
Elissa S. Epel University of California, San Francisco
Melissa M. Hudson
Melissa M. Hudson St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Eric Vittinghoff
Eric Vittinghoff University of California, San Francisco
Thomas E. Merchant
Thomas E. Merchant St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Frederick Hecht
Frederick Hecht University of California, San Francisco
Brenda Eskenazi
Brenda Eskenazi University of California, Berkeley
Mary F. Dallman
Mary F. Dallman University of California, San Francisco
Jean L. Kristeller
Jean L. Kristeller Indiana State University
Donald W. Pfaff
Donald W. Pfaff Rockefeller University
Christos Davatzikos
Christos Davatzikos University of Pennsylvania

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