On Nov. 4, 2020, scientists at the University of Oxford announced they had discovered that obesity can increase the chances of someone developing kidney disease. Funded by Kidney Research UK and the Medical Research Council, this new study has found that fat all over the body increases risk, not just fat around the middle (tummy fat), and suggests controlling weight could be a new way to manage kidney disease risk.

This research was published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.