1. Obesity and kidney disease: hidden consequences of the epidemic
- Author
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Kovesdy, Csaba P, Furth, Susan L, Zoccali, Carmine, Committee, World Kidney Day Steering, Li, Philip Kam Tao, Garcia-Garcia, Guillermo, Benghanem-Gharbi, Mohammed, Bollaert, Rik, Dupuis, Sophie, Erk, Timur, Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar, Kovesdy, Csaba, Osafo, Charlotte, Riella, Miguel C, and Zakharova, Elena
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Nutrition ,Prevention ,Kidney Disease ,Obesity ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Aetiology ,Renal and urogenital ,Oral and gastrointestinal ,Cancer ,Cardiovascular ,Stroke ,Good Health and Well Being ,Quality Education ,Disease Progression ,Epidemics ,Humans ,Kidney Diseases ,Prognosis ,Protective Factors ,Risk Assessment ,Risk Factors ,World Kidney Day Steering Committee. Electronic address: myriam@worldkidneyday.org ,World Kidney Day Steering Committee ,Urology & Nephrology ,Clinical sciences - 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.
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- 2017