Weight gain within the normal range increases risk of chronic kidney disease

Friday, June 20, 2008 - 10:07 in Health & Medicine

Healthy individuals who gain weight, even to a weight still considered normal, are at risk for developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in the September 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology...

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