Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Nephrology Section, Memphis VA Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Kidney Int. 2017 Feb;91(2):260-262. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2016.10.019. Epub 2016 Dec 20.
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.
肥胖是一种在全球范围内日益严重的流行疾病。肥胖是新发慢性肾脏病的最强危险因素之一,也是肾结石和肾癌的危险因素之一。今年世界肾脏日旨在宣传肥胖对肾脏疾病的有害影响及其与肾脏疾病的关联,倡导健康的生活方式和卫生政策措施,使预防行为成为一种负担得起的选择。