title: Obesity and kidney disease: hidden consequences of the epidemic.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Nephrology Section, Memphis VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: Csaba P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kovesdy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Furth
authors.affiliation: National Research Council-Institute Of Clinical Physiology Clinical Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
authors.forename: Carmine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zoccali
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D058872:Epidemics; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011379:Prognosis; D065840:Protective Factors; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors