Lustig, MD, MSL, is the internationally acclaimed author of Fat Chance, Sugar Has 56 Names, The Fat Chance Cookbook, and The Hacking of the American Mind, as well as the editor of the academic compilation Obesity Before Birth. He is a member of the Institute for Health Policy Research at UCSF and an Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology. To enhance public health, he lectures around the world and consults with a variety of medical associations and policy organizations. In San Francisco, he lives with his family.