Welcome! Join our community of take-action members as we call national attention to kidney disease prevention and management, using our many social-networking tools.

PREVENTION! It's the main message I want each of you to spread about kidney disease. By using this Web site - sharing your health story, taking the quiz, using the tools, sending information to your friends and family - we can put a stop to kidney disease. Take a moment to read my story, learn more about chronic kidney disease and its risk factors and pass the prevention message along to your friends and family. Read my story here and please share your own on this site.

Childhood Obesity in America looks at both the causes and solutions to this serious national health problem. It explores the challenges of raising children in an era of fast food and video games, and talks to doctors about starting your child on a path toward a healthy weight.

Diabetes is a major risk factor for developing kidney disease. This three-part, video series provides an informative and realistic look at how one African American woman in her early 40's is Living Well with Diabetes. Sharyl Barnes shares tips that will help you eat to live, move more and stay active, and live well while managing this life-changing disease.