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Lifestyle interventions are the backbone of obesity therapy but may be challenging to implement in transplant candidates.
Practitioners should consider the unique challenges faced by transplant candidates when recommending lifestyle changes.
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Lifestyle interventions are the backbone of obesity therapy but may be challenging to implement in transplant candidates due to dietary and activity limitations associated with ESKD and hemodialysis.
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Management of the kidney transplant candidate with obesity
Ali Abbasi et al. · Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation · 2026
DOI 10.1097/mot.0000000000001266
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