Dr. Schillinger’s work has been profiled in major news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and National Public Radio.

FEATURED NEWS

Podcast • April 2024
Dr. Dean Schillinger on the Diabetes Epidemic 
Dr. Schillinger shares with host Alec Baldwin how corporations knowingly fuel our addiction to sugar, why the disease disproportionately affects vulnerable populations and the most important change you can make to help fight diabetes.

PBS • April 2020
Blood Sugar Rising: America’s Hidden Diabetes Epidemic
Dr. Schillinger and his patient are featured in this PBS documentary that explores some of the root causes and societal consequences of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Arte Network • April 2020
Un Monde Obese 
Dr. Schillinger was featured in a widely-viewed one-hour documentary aired on the Arte Network across Europe and Canada, entitled Un Monde Obese. The documentary describes the root causes of the obesity and diabetes epidemics as stemming from the practices of multinational food and beverage companies and features successful local efforts to combat these practices, including The Bigger Picture campaign that Dr. Schillinger co-created.

The New York Times • February 14, 2018
Using Art to Tackle Diabetes in Youth
The New York Times profiled “The Bigger Picture” campaign, which was co-founded by Dr. Schillinger. The program encourages young adults to use art to confront diabetes.

MORE NEWS ARTICLES

The New York Times
The Diabetes Drug That Could Overshadow Ozempic
October 15, 2023

Medical Care Alone Won’t Halt the Spread of Diabetes, Scientists Say
October 5, 2022

Doctors Are More Likely to Describe Black Patients as Uncooperative, Studies Find
February 16, 2022

Study Tied to Food Industry Tries to Discredit Sugar Guidelines
December 19, 2016

Los Angeles Times

Does the soda industry manipulate research on sugary drinks’ health effects?
October 31, 2016

Proposed tax on sugary drinks fails in Assembly panel
May 12, 2015

Diabetes is a stubborn adversary
January 6, 2013

San Francisco Chronicle

State Slow to Fight Diabetes Amid Resistance to Prevention
December 24, 2017

S.F. General Spreads the Love at Annual Heroes & Hearts Fete
February 23, 2017

Doctor fighting S.F. diabetes epidemic backs soda tax
April 2, 2016

NPR

How Much is Too Much? New Study Casts Doubts on Sugar Guidelines
December 19, 2016

Poets Give Voice To The Toll Of Type 2 Diabetes
September 13, 2014

USA Today
Soda taxes have helped trim sales of sugary drinks. Public health impacts aren’t as clear
January 5, 2024

Time Magazine

Big Soda-Funded Studies Don’t Often Link Drinks to Obesity
February 18, 2016

The Washington Post
Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks
September 23, 2023

Rhymes Of Their Times: Young Poets Riff On Type 2
March 9, 2018

Other

Study: Doctors should tailor communications to match patients’ health literacy
December 17, 2021 • United Press International

Diabetes hits hard as California spends billions on treatment, little on prevention
November 27, 2017 • CALmatters

Industry funded studies don’t find sweet drinks linked to obesity, diabetes
October 31, 2016 • Reuters

City Visions: The Bigger Picture- Changing the Conversation about Type 2 Diabetes
March 23, 2016 • KALW (radio interview)

Dean Schillinger Receives 2016 James Irvine Foundation Award
February 18, 2016 • UCSF News

Young poets get the message out on preventing diabetes
February 2, 2016 • The Sacramento Bee

Study: Nearly Half of US Adults Have Diabetes or Pre-diabetes
September 15, 2015 • KQED (Radio Interview)

Teach-back
February 3, 2015 • Health Literacy Consulting (interview)

UCSF Initiative Links Sugar Science to Your Health
November 10, 2014 • KQED Science

Talking About Jargon
April 9, 2013 • Health Literacy Consulting (interview)

‘Youth Speaks’ Against Diabetes
July 31, 2012 • KQED Science

Fighting Diabetes: New health programs try to slow progression
March 2, 2009 • The Modesto Bee