Obesity and Kidney Disease: Hidden Consequences of the Epidemic

Csaba P Kovesdy; Susan L Furth; Carmine Zoccali; World Kidney Day Steering Committee. Electronic address: myriam@worldkidneyday.org; World Kidney Day Steering Committee

doi:10.1053/j.jrn.2017.01.001

Obesity and Kidney Disease: Hidden Consequences of the Epidemic

J Ren Nutr. 2017 Mar;27(2):75-77. doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2017.01.001.

Authors

Csaba P Kovesdy¹, Susan L Furth², Carmine Zoccali³; World Kidney Day Steering Committee. Electronic address: myriam@worldkidneyday.org; World Kidney Day Steering Committee

Collaborators

Philip Kam Tao Li, Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Mohammed Benghanem-Gharbi, Rik Bollaert, Sophie Dupuis, Timur Erk, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Csaba Kovesdy, Charlotte Osafo, Miguel C Riella, Elena Zakharova

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee; Nephrology Section, Memphis VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
² Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ National Research Council-Institute Of Clinical Physiology Clinical Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Reggio Calabria, Italy.

PMID: 28215359
DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2017.01.001

Abstract

Obesity is a growing worldwide epidemic. Obesity is one of the strongest risk factors for new-onset chronic kidney disease, and also for nephrolithiasis and for kidney cancer. This year the World Kidney Day promotes education on the harmful consequences of obesity and its association with kidney disease, advocating healthy lifestyle and health policy measures that make preventive behaviors an affordable option.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Disease Management
Humans
Nephrolithiasis / epidemiology*
Obesity / epidemiology*
Obesity / therapy
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / epidemiology*
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / therapy
Risk Factors