A pinch of salt - A podcast by ERA

#63 Treatment of obesity in patients with CKD, with Allon N. Friedman

European Renal Association Season 3 Episode 63

In this episode of A pinch of salt, Allon N. Friedman will talk about possibly the hottest topic in medicine at this moment – the treatment of obesity, with a particular focus on treating the CKD population. Obesity is finally being recognized as a disease and not merely an unfortunate, somewhat shameful consequence of personalities with weak minds and lack of willpower. But how do we treat it? Does changing lifestyle have any impact, should everybody start taking weight lowering medications, what about surgery? As always, we’ll be trying to provide you with some helpful clinical information that might help you and your patients in regular clinical practice.