Fitness and staving off weight gain may be more important than weight loss to prevent kidney disease in obese adults

As obesity is a contributing factor to chronic kidney disease, weight loss can help mitigate a patient’s risk. But new research suggests that fitness and preventing weight gain could actually play a more important role in reducing risk than weight loss. The findings were published today in the journal Obesity by researchers at Drexel University’s College of Medicine and Dornsife School of Public Health.