title: Obesity and chronic kidney disease.
abstract: This article summarizes the current hypotheses that link visceral obesity and kidney malfunction and provides information on the epidemiology and renal pathology resulting from visceral obesity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ruperto Carola University, Heidelberg, Germany. Prof.E.Ritz@T-online.de
authors.forename: Eberhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ritz
authors.forename: Nadezda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koleganova
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*