NKF Keep Healthy Check Up

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KEEP Healthy is the Foundation's community-based initiative to educate about the kidneys, risk factors for kidney disease, and steps to take to keep kidneys healthy and reduce risk.

Appointments are not required and any adult can participate. Lasting about 20 minutes, the check-up includes the following: a risk survey, body mass index, height and weight measurements, blood pressure check, blood draw to check your kidney function, free educational materials and an opportunity to speak with a health care professional and dietician.

Kidney disease is the 9th leading cause of death in the United States, killing more people every year than breast or prostate cancer. While 30 million Americans live with chronic kidney disease, most don’t know it. In fact, 25 percent of the 810 people screened locally by NKF in FY 2018 and 410 people screened in the first six months of FY 2019 demonstrated significant results.

The National Kidney Foundation is the largest, most comprehensive and longstanding organization dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease.

For more information about upcoming screenings and outreach events, visit www.kidneymd.org or call 410.726.8732 to speak with Nicole Scharf, associate executive director for Maryland's Eastern Shore and Delaware.