Nov 7, 2023
This week on The Hamilton Review Podcast, we welcome Dr. Michael Goran to the show to discuss his book, “SugarProof.”
Dr. Bob and his daughter Emily Benedetto co-host this important episode as they dig deep with Dr. Goran on how sugar is dangerous for our kids.
Dr. Goran walks us through the important areas of his book and shares his expertise on what we can do to help eliminate a lot of excess sugar from our diet.
A must listen conversation!
Michael is a Professor of Pediatrics at The
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, which is affiliated with the
Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.
He is Program Director for Diabetes and Obesity at The Saban
Research Institute and he holds the Dr Robert C and Veronica Atkins
Endowed Chair in Childhood Obesity and Diabetes. Dr Goran also
serves as Co-Director of the USC Diabetes and Obesity Research
Institute. Dr Goran is a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and received
his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, UK (1986) prior to
postdoctoral training in the US (1987 to 1991). He previously
served on the faculty of Medicine at the University of Vermont
(1991 to 1994), the Department of Nutrition Sciences at UAB (1994
to 1999), the Department of Preventive Medicine at USC (1999 to
2018) prior to joining Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.
His research has been continuously funded by the National
Institutes of Health and other Foundations for the past 30 years
during which he has raised almost $50m in funding to support this
work. He has published over 350 professional peer-reviewed articles
and reviews. He is the Editor of the “Childhood Obesity: Causes,
Consequences and Intervention Approaches” published in 2017,
co-editor of “Dietary Sugars and Health”published in late 2014, and
currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for Pediatric Obesity. He has
been the recipient of a number of scientific awards for his
research and teaching, including: The Nutrition Society Medal for
Research (1996), The Lilly Award for Scientific Achievement from
The Obesity Society (2006), The Bar-Or Award for Excellence in
Pediatric Obesity Research, from The Obesity Society (2009), the
TOPS award for contributions to obesity research from The Obesity
Society (2014), and the Rank Prize Lecture in Nutrition (2018).
Michael lives in Silverlake, Los Angeles with his wife Lori, a film
editor, his 2 teenage daughters, and their cat, Hugo Moon. Outside
of work, Michael likes to play tennis, and hang out with his family
which typically involves cooking, eating, going on walks and
travel.
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