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Forum assesses a recent hypothesis on obesity, and how
sugar may trigger a starvation reaction in the brain, with
Robert Lustig. Host: Michael Krasny Guests:
Robert Lustig, author of the hypothesis, which was published last week in
Nature Clinical Practice: Endocrinology and Metabolism,
professor of clinical pediatrics, and director of the Weight
Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Program at
UC-San Francisco’s Children's Hospital