"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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| MeSH Number(s) |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity" by people in Profiles.
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Depression, Insomnia, and Obesity Among Post-9/11 Veterans: Eating Pathology as a Distinct Health Risk Behavior. Mil Med. 2023 05 16; 188(5-6):921-927.
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Circadian Timing, Information processing and Metabolism (TIME) study: protocol of a longitudinal study of sleep duration, circadian alignment and cardiometabolic health among overweight adults. BMC Endocr Disord. 2023 Jan 31; 23(1):26.
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The development of peripheral microvasculopathy with chronic metabolic disease in obese Zucker rats: a retrograde emergence? Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2022 09 01; 323(3):H475-H489.
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Obesity in HIV infection: host-pathogen interaction. AIDS. 2022 09 01; 36(11):1477-1491.
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Obesity enriches for tumor protective microbial metabolites and treatment refractory cells to confer therapy resistance in PDAC. Gut Microbes. 2022 Jan-Dec; 14(1):2096328.
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Prepregnancy Body Mass Index Is Associated with Time-Dependent Changes in Secretory Activation Measures During the First 7 Days Postpartum in Breast Pump-dependent Mothers of Premature Infants. Breastfeed Med. 2022 02; 17(2):173-181.
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Potential Bias and Misconceptions in Liver Transplantation for Alcohol- and Obesity-Related Liver Disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 10 01; 116(10):2089-2097.
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Laparoscopic-Assisted Versus Mini-Open Laparotomy for Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement in the Medicare Population. Neurosurgery. 2021 03 15; 88(4):812-818.
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Correlation Between Exercise Metabolic Equivalents and Risk Factors in Nonathletes With Atrial Fibrillation. Am J Cardiol. 2021 01 01; 138:128-129.
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Multidimensional sleep health is not cross-sectionally or longitudinally associated with adiposity in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Sleep Health. 2020 12; 6(6):790-796.