Acting
Robert Lustig
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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).
Acting credits
7.3The investigation and exposure of the US sugar industry’s systematic hijacking of scientific study to bury evidence that sugar is—in fact—toxic.
Sugar Coated
2015
6.6Leading health experts examine the history of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and question decades of dietary advice insisting that saturated fats are bad for us.
Fat Fiction
2020
NRSofia died young. But her death wasn't sudden and accidental. It was the result of gradual poisoning caused by a food system that hides poison in food, normalizing ultra-processed foods, sugar, and industry interests over health. Dr. Carlos Jaramillo, a functional medicine physician and popular science communicator with over 10 million followers, guides us through this profound and moving investigation to answer the key question: Who killed Sofia? In the process, he exposes how thousands of lives are at risk today, victims of a food, health, and economic model that prioritizes profit over life.
Who Killed Sofía?
2025