 Obesity
"Obesity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A status with BODY WEIGHT that is grossly above the acceptable or desirable weight, usually due to accumulation of excess FATS in the body. The standards may vary with age, sex, genetic or cultural background. In the BODY MASS INDEX, a BMI greater than 30.0 kg/m2 is considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese (MORBID OBESITY).
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D009765
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C18.654.726.500 C23.888.144.699.500 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500 G07.100.100.160.120.699.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Obesity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Obesity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2004 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2005 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2006 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2007 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2009 | 10 | 6 | 16 | | 2010 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2011 | 13 | 3 | 16 | | 2012 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | 2013 | 20 | 5 | 25 | | 2014 | 10 | 5 | 15 | | 2015 | 19 | 5 | 24 | | 2016 | 7 | 4 | 11 | | 2017 | 7 | 5 | 12 | | 2018 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity" by people in Profiles.
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Mears M, Tussing-Humphreys L, Cerwinske L, Tangney C, Hughes SL, Fitzgibbons M, Gomez-Perez S. Associations between Alternate Healthy Eating Index-2010, Body Composition, Osteoarthritis Severity, and Interleukin-6 in Older Overweight and Obese African American Females with Self-Reported Osteoarthritis. Nutrients. 2018 Dec 22; 11(1).
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Schürner AM, Manzini G, Bueter M, Schadde E, Beck-Schimmer B, Schläpfer M. Perioperative surgery- and anaesthesia-related risks of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass - a single centre, retrospective data analysis. BMC Anesthesiol. 2018 12 13; 18(1):190.
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Moossavi S, Bishehsari F. Microbes: possible link between modern lifestyle transition and the rise of metabolic syndrome. Obes Rev. 2019 03; 20(3):407-419.
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Beckmann S, Drent G, Ruppar T, Nikolic N, De Geest S. Pre- and post-transplant factors associated with body weight parameters after liver transplantation - A systematic review and meta-analysis. Transplant Rev (Orlando). 2019 01; 33(1):39-47.
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Powell LH, Appelhans BM, Ventrelle J, Karavolos K, March ML, Ong JC, Fitzpatrick SL, Normand P, Dawar R, Kazlauskaite R. Development of a lifestyle intervention for the metabolic syndrome: Discovery through proof-of-concept. Health Psychol. 2018 Oct; 37(10):929-939.
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Krumbeck JA, Rasmussen HE, Hutkins RW, Clarke J, Shawron K, Keshavarzian A, Walter J. Probiotic Bifidobacterium strains and galactooligosaccharides improve intestinal barrier function in obese adults but show no synergism when used together as synbiotics. Microbiome. 2018 06 28; 6(1):121.
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Rapetto F, Bruno VD, King M, Benedetto U, Caputo M, Angelini GD, Ascione R, Ciulli F, Vohra HA. Impact of body mass index on outcomes following mitral surgery: does an obesity paradox exist? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 04 01; 26(4):590-595.
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Mehta LS, Watson KE, Barac A, Beckie TM, Bittner V, Cruz-Flores S, Dent S, Kondapalli L, Ky B, Okwuosa T, Piña IL, Volgman AS. Cardiovascular Disease and Breast Cancer: Where These Entities Intersect: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2018 02 20; 137(8):e30-e66.
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Baron KG, Reid KJ, Wolfe LF, Attarian H, Zee PC. Phase Relationship between DLMO and Sleep Onset and the Risk of Metabolic Disease among Normal Weight and Overweight/Obese Adults. J Biol Rhythms. 2018 02; 33(1):76-83.
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Fitzpatrick SL, Dickins K, Avery E, Ventrelle J, Shultz A, Kishen E, Rothschild S. Effect of an obesity best practice alert on physician documentation and referral practices. Transl Behav Med. 2017 12; 7(4):881-890.
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