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Obesity is highly prevalent in the community, with over 35% of the world's adult population considered overweight or obese. Paralleling the obesity epidemic, the prevalence of obese deceased donors with body mass index (BMI) of ≥30kg/m2 in the United States 1 , United Kingdom 2 and Australia 3 are 25%, 25% and 22%, respectively. With the greater acceptance and utilization of obese donors for kidney transplantation, studies examining the association between obese donors and kidney allograft outcomes are important to inform clinicians and patients regarding recipients' outcomes following acceptance of kidneys from obese donors. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.