The future really is to find therapies that are just as effective, but safer,

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

I don't think there is anything magic about this ratio, except that it's a window to the balance between muscle and fat. Around the waist there is no large muscle.

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

This means a short-term therapy that is just as effective at preventing events but is much safer translates in the long term to an important difference,

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

The standard method by which we have been measuring obesity is obsolete and should be replaced by the waist-to-hip ratio,

(Angioplasty) is at least a reasonable alternative to (drug) therapy in high-risk patients, and in expert hands, may be preferred in patients prone to stroke, such as the elderly,

BMI is a very weak predictor of the risk of a heart attack. Measuring the girth of the waist and (the) girth of the hip is far more powerful.

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