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DIETARY STRATEGIES TO HALT THE PROGRESSION OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Author(s) -
Clements L.,
Ashurst I.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of renal care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1755-6686
pISSN - 1755-6678
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2006.tb00021.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , disease , diabetes mellitus , obesity , intensive care medicine , dialysis , type 2 diabetes , blood pressure , population , chronic disease , environmental health , endocrinology
Chronic kidney disease is fast becoming a worldwide epidemic. There is an estimated annual increase of 8% with an associated economical and clinical burden. Recent research into lifestyle factors has confirmed different dietary attributes play a part in slowing the progression of chronic nephropathies. This has important implications and a potentially cost‐saving way, to help reduce the progression of the disease. The roles of obesity, lipids, protein, diabetes and blood pressure are discussed to show how the current literature reflects how to modify the dietary aspects of these. The mechanisms behind these are not fully understood, but the message remains the same that there is an increased need for dietary advice in the pre‐dialysis population.