Rashid Lui, Head of Clinical Service of Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Hospital Authority, shared on LinkedIn:

“Happy to share our latest international collaborative effort now published in American Journal of Gastroenterology showing that mortality rates of gastrointestinal cancers from high body mass index (BMI) increased in low income and lower-middle income countries, while the disease burden decreased or remained stable in high and middle-income countries. Concerted efforts to tackle the obesity pandemic are urgently needed!”

The Burden of Overweight and Obesity-associated Gastrointestinal Cancers in Low and Lower-middle Income Countries: A Global Burden of Disease 2019 Analysis

Authors: Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Thanida Auttapracha, Banthoon Sukphutanan, Cheng Han Ng, Phuuwadith Wattanachayakul, Siwanart Kongarin, Priyata Dutta, Kwanjit Duangsonk, Jerapas Thongpiya, Mark Muthiah, Daniel Huang, Rashid Lui, Yuya Seko, Hirokazu Takahashi, Mazen Noureddin, Ju Dong Yang, Michael Wallace, and Karn Wijarnpreecha.

Source: Rashid Lui/LinkedIn