"Overweight" 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 above certain standard of acceptable or desirable weight. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE), hence overweight does not equal "over fat".
| Descriptor ID |
D050177
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.144.699 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699 G07.100.100.160.120.699
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Overweight" by people in Profiles.
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Trajectories of BMI Before Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes: The Rotterdam Study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 06; 28(6):1149-1156.
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Body Weight Parameters are Related to Morbidity and Mortality After Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Transplantation. 2019 11; 103(11):2287-2303.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances and changes in body weight and resting metabolic rate in response to weight-loss diets: A prospective study. PLoS Med. 2018 02; 15(2):e1002502.
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Preferred intervention strategies to improve dietary and physical activity behaviors among African-American mothers and daughters. Public Health Nurs. 2017 09; 34(5):461-471.
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Impact of physical activity on the association of overweight and obesity with cardiovascular disease: The Rotterdam Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2017 06; 24(9):934-941.
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The Impact of Weight Labels on Body Image, Internalized Weight Stigma, Affect, Perceived Health, and Intended Weight Loss Behaviors in Normal-Weight and Overweight College Women. Am J Health Promot. 2017 Nov; 31(6):484-490.
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Obesity and Life Expectancy with and without Diabetes in Adults Aged 55 Years and Older in the Netherlands: A Prospective Cohort Study. PLoS Med. 2016 07; 13(7):e1002086.
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BRIGHTEN Heart: Design and baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled trial for minority older adults with depression and cardiometabolic syndrome. Contemp Clin Trials. 2016 05; 48:99-109.
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Weight gain, overweight and obesity in solid organ transplantation--a study protocol for a systematic literature review. Syst Rev. 2015 Jan 06; 4:2.
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Gene-environment interaction of body mass index and apolipoprotein E e4 allele on cognitive decline. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2014 Apr-Jun; 28(2):134-40.