"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 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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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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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Midlife adiposity predicts cognitive decline in the prospective Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. Neurology. 2019 07 16; 93(3):e261-e271.
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Risk factors for longitudinal changes in left ventricular diastolic function among women and men. Heart. 2019 09; 105(18):1414-1422.
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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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An Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Obesity-Related Traits. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 08 01; 187(8):1662-1669.
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Lifestyle factors, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in middle-aged and elderly women: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Epidemiol. 2018 Sep; 33(9):831-845.
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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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Building research in diet and cognition: The BRIDGE randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2017 08; 59:87-97.