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.

MeSH information

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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).

Descriptor ID	D009765
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
Concept/Terms	Obesity Obesity

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Obesity".

Diseases [C]
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18]
Nutrition Disorders [C18.654]
Overnutrition [C18.654.726]
Obesity [C18.654.726.500]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Body Weight [C23.888.144]
Overweight [C23.888.144.699]
Obesity [C23.888.144.699.500]
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Physical Examination [E01.370.600]
Body Constitution [E01.370.600.115]
Body Weights and Measures [E01.370.600.115.100]
Body Size [E01.370.600.115.100.160]
Body Weight [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120]
Overweight [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699]
Obesity [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Body Constitution [G07.100]
Body Weights and Measures [G07.100.100]
Body Size [G07.100.100.160]
Body Weight [G07.100.100.160.120]
Overweight [G07.100.100.160.120.699]
Obesity [G07.100.100.160.120.699.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Obesity".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Obesity".

publications

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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.

Bar chart showing 728 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 52 publications in 2013 and 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	5	0	5
1993	2	1	3
1994	7	0	7
1995	2	0	2
1996	4	0	4
1997	5	3	8
1998	5	5	10
1999	5	0	5
2000	2	4	6
2001	3	2	5
2002	15	9	24
2003	11	4	15
2004	7	4	11
2005	22	5	27
2006	16	9	25
2007	26	11	37
2008	21	6	27
2009	30	13	43
2010	27	11	38
2011	31	11	42
2012	29	11	40
2013	36	16	52
2014	29	14	43
2015	36	16	52
2016	28	20	48
2017	28	16	44
2018	22	14	36
2019	23	9	32
2020	25	8	33
2021	3	1	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity" by people in Profiles.

Wadden TA, Bailey TS, Billings LK, Davies M, Frias JP, Koroleva A, Lingvay I, O'Neil PM, Rubino DM, Skovgaard D, Wallenstein SOR, Garvey WT. Effect of Subcutaneous Semaglutide vs Placebo as an Adjunct to Intensive Behavioral Therapy on Body Weight in Adults With Overweight or Obesity: The STEP 3 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 04 13; 325(14):1403-1413.

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Mercer KE, Maurer A, Pack LM, Ono-Moore K, Spray BJ, Campbell C, Chandler CJ, Burnett D, Souza E, Casazza G, Keim N, Newman J, Hunter G, Fernadez J, Garvey WT, Harper ME, Hoppel C, Adams SH, Thyfault J. Exercise training and diet-induced weight loss increase markers of hepatic bile acid (BA) synthesis and reduce serum total BA concentrations in obese women. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2021 05 01; 320(5):E864-E873.

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Fakhry SM, Morse JL, Garland JM, Wilson NY, Shen Y, Wyse RJ, Watts DD. Increasing BMI is associated with higher mortality, worsening outcomes and highly specific injury patterns following trauma: A multi-institutional analysis of 191,274 patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 02 01; 90(2):376-383.

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Yu J, Zhu H, Taheri S, Mondy W, Perry S, Kindy MS. Plant-Based Nutritional Supplementation Attenuates LPS-Induced Low-Grade Systemic Activation. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jan 08; 22(2).

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Nichols M, Teufel R, Miller S, Madisetti M, Giovanni CS, Chike-Harris K, Jones L, Prentice M, Ruggiero K, Kelechi T. Managing Asthma and Obesity Related Symptoms (MATADORS): An mHealth Intervention to Facilitate Symptom Self-Management among Youth. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 10 23; 17(21).

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Colosimo C, Yon JR, Fredericks C, Kingsley S, Gupta S, Mentzer CJ, Bokhari F, Poulakidas S. Obesity is Not Associated With Need for Skin Grafting After Hidradenitis Excision. Am Surg. 2021 Mar; 87(3):458-462.

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Ciemins EL, Joshi V, Cuddeback JK, Kushner RF, Horn DB, Garvey WT. Diagnosing Obesity as a First Step to Weight Loss: An Observational Study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 12; 28(12):2305-2309.

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Wiss D, Brewerton T. Separating the Signal from the Noise: How Psychiatric Diagnoses Can Help Discern Food Addiction from Dietary Restraint. Nutrients. 2020 Sep 25; 12(10).

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Williams JS, Lu K, Akinboboye O, Olukotun O, Zhou Z, Nagavally S, Egede LE. Trends in Obesity and Medical Expenditure among Women with Diabetes, 2008-2016: Differences by Race/Ethnicity. Ethn Dis. 2020; 30(4):621-628.

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Bose D, Saha P, Mondal A, Fanelli B, Seth RK, Janulewicz P, Sullivan K, Lasley S, Horner R, Colwell RR, Shetty AK, Klimas N, Chatterjee S. Obesity Worsens Gulf War Illness Symptom Persistence Pathology by Linking Altered Gut Microbiome Species to Long-Term Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, and Neuronal Inflammation in a Mouse Model. Nutrients. 2020 Sep 10; 12(9).

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