In his column in the Chicago Sun Times (10/13), Neil Steinberg wrote, "Obesity is particularly tied to high blood pressure and diabetes, so is 'an important and potentially preventive risk factor for chronic renal failure,' according to the American Society of Nephrology, which estimated that being obese quadruples the chances of kidney failure." Steinberg observed, "Given that, you would expect that a nation continually growing fatter and fatter would need more dialysis centers to handle skyrocketing kidney disease, and that is indeed the case." After a visit to a dialysis center, Steinberg concluded, "Dieting is not so hard when compared to dialysis."
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