New research from Johns Hopkins reveals obese kidney disease patients are significantly less likely than average weight patients to receive a kidney transplant.
 
The study showed morbidly obese patients (those who weigh on average 100 pounds more than their ideal weight) are on the transplant waiting list for a median of five years - two years more than the average wait time for a person of normal weight.
 
Researchers suggest obese patients might be turned down because of the added cost and poorer outcome associated with transplants in overweight patients.
 
To read more about this study, please click here.

This article originally appeared in the January 2008 issue of Kidney Transplant Today.