Study: Excessive obesity weakens renal function

Study: Excessive obesity weakens renal function

1.9 billion overweight or obese adults worldwide (Reuters Archive)

Pennsylvania: Middle East Online

A large study suggests that kidney function deteriorates with an increase in obesity, whether or not it has kidney problems.
The study found that obese adults are twice as likely to have kidney failure as overweight adults.
"Excess weight, especially around the abdomen, causes many negative metabolic effects that affect the kidneys," said lead researcher Alex Chang of Jessinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania.
Zhang said by email that this extra weight can activate the sympathetic nervous system or the nervous system, which secretes hormones that can increase sodium retention and blood pressure. This also makes it difficult for the body to get rid of extra sugars in the blood, which leads to diabetes.
All of these things are bad for the kidneys and inflammation related to obesity and excess abdominal fat also weakens kidney function, Zhang said.
"First, overweight increases the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and the hormones that result in increased sodium retention and high blood pressure … Second, excess weight weakens the body's ability to transfer the glucose from the blood to the cells and can lead to diabetes.
According to the World Health Organization, 1.9 billion adults are overweight or obese in the world. About 4 out of 10 adults suffer from weight gain, while about one in 10 adults suffers from obesity, a condition that can increase the risk of heart disease, diabetes, joint problems and certain cancers. as well as kidney problems.
For this study, researchers examined data collected between 1970 and 2017 relating to over 5.4 million adults from 40 different countries in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. They also examined data from more than 84,000 people at risk for cardiovascular disease and more than 19,000 adults with chronic kidney failure.

London