Salim Yusuf Obesity Quotations

Most of us think of obesity as a problem of rich and western industrialized countries. But our data shows that it also affects low and middle income countries especially people living in cities,

The standard method by which we have been measuring obesity is obsolete and should be replaced by the waist-to-hip ratio,

Our findings suggest that substantial reassessment is needed of the importance of obesity for cardiovascular disease in most regions of the world.

The global burden of obesity has been substantially underestimated by the reliance of BMI in previous studies.

The best index of obesity as a predictor of myocardial infarction is the waist-to-hip ratio,

Substantial reassessment is needed of the importance of obesity for cardiovascular disease in most regions of the world,