13 Quotes by Jacques Rossouw

We set out to test a promising but unproven hypothesis that has proven to be less promising than we anticipated.

I wouldn't worry about the headlines today. There's something happening here. If we persist a little longer, we'll nail it.

I think we should have lowered expectations of what a lifestyle intervention trial can show over a relatively short period of time. Against a climate of less research funding overall, it's going to be harder to do these kinds of trials in the future.

We don't see these as null studies. There are strong suggestions the benefits will show themselves.

This study shows that just reducing total fat intake does not go far enough to have an impact on heart disease risk.

We as scientists need to be responsible in our public health messages, and provide a balance. But the media picked up the message as the fact these trials are overturning conventional wisdom. They haven't.

Based on our findings, we cannot recommend that most women should follow a low-fat diet.

These are secondary analyses and are exploratory to some extent.

The study is poised to capitalize on the huge advances that have been made in the field of genomics. The best may be yet to come.