Leading Health Organizations Announced Filing Of Statewide Soda Tax Measure For 2020 This 2020 ballot initiative would implement a statewide tax on sugar-sweetened drinks, providing at least $1.7 billion in revenue for critical health programs and constitutionally preserving the ability of California’s local communities to make their own decisions regarding future soda taxes. July 2, 2018 CMA, Public Health CDA, CMA, Health, Soda Tax, Sugar 0 0 Comment Read More »
UCSF Sugar Study is International News - Previewed in SFMS journal A team of UCSF researchers led by Robert Lustig, MD published groundbreaking research on the impact of dietary sugar—and reduction thereof—in improving health. November 5, 2015 San Francisco Medicine, UCSF childhood obesity, Robert Lustig, sugar 0 0 Comment Read More »
Empiric Role of Sugar in Chronic Metabolic Disease UCSF professor of pediatrics Robert Lustig, MD discusses the metabolic effects of fructose and the empiric role of sugar in chronic metabolic diseases. Reprinted from the July/August 2014 issue of San Francisco Medicine. August 12, 2014 Public Health, San Francisco Medicine, UCSF Chronic Metabolic Disease, Robert Lustig, San Francisco Medicine, Sugar 0 0 Comment Read More »
Sugar: The Ditch of American Health Care UCSF professor of pediatrics Robert Lustig, MD discusses the metabolic effects of fructose and the empiric role of sugar in chronic metabolic diseases. Reprinted from the July/August 2014 issue of San Francisco Medicine. August 12, 2014 Public Health, San Francisco Medicine, UCSF Robert Lustig, San Francisco Medicine, Sugar 0 0 Comment Read More »
