Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A...

Excess body weight directly leads to elevated uric acid concentrations in the blood. The production of uric acid by fat cells exceeds that of muscle cells, which results in elevated blood uric acid levels. Obesity leads to decreased kidney function, which affects their ability...