Obese are too vulnerable to develop kidney disease, to the extent that the risk for the morbidly obese is seven-fold higher! This is according to an US study.
The link is bases on the fact that obesity is linked to hypertension and diabetes, as this could eventually lead to end-stage renal failure — said author Chi-yuan Hsu, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and lead author of the study. To add on to this, obesity also makes the kidneys work harder, he added.
More than 400,000 Americans receive long-term kidney dialysis and the number of people who suffer from end-stage renal disease is projected to increase to more than 650,000 by 2010, with associated Medicare expenditures of $28 billion, the study said.
Via: Pak Tribune
