"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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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity" by people in Profiles.
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Associations between decreases in adiposity and reductions in HbA1c and insulin use in the Look AHEAD cohort. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Mar; 33(3):612-620.
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The most optimal school recruitment strategies for school-based obesity prevention and health promotion research in the United States: A systematic review with Delphi study. Obes Rev. 2024 Nov; 25(11):e13808.
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Impact of Obesity and Age on Mouse Corneal Innervation at the Epithelial-Stromal Interface. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024 May 01; 65(5):11.
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Correlation between subcutaneous adipose tissue of the head and body mass index in children and young adults aged 8-19 years: implications for functional neuroimaging. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2024; 249:10030.
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The Effectiveness of Metformin in Managing Second Generation Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain in Children and Adolescents. J Clin Psychiatry. 2023 Dec 20; 85(1).
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Adherence to oral endocrine therapy in racial/ethnic minority patients with low socioeconomic status before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Clin Pharm. 2023 Dec; 45(6):1396-1404.
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Discovery of a novel 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-one-based NLRP3 inhibitor as a pharmacological agent to mitigate cardiac and metabolic complications in an experimental model of diet-induced metaflammation. Eur J Med Chem. 2023 Sep 05; 257:115542.
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Utilization and Predictors of Adjuvant Metformin for Children and Adolescents on Mixed Receptor Antagonists (Second-Generation Antipsychotics). J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 11; 62(11):1245-1255.
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Angiotensin II type 2 receptor activation preserves megalin in the kidney and prevents proteinuria in high salt diet fed rats. Sci Rep. 2023 03 15; 13(1):4277.
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Obesity Is Associated with Altered Tumor Metabolism in Metastatic Melanoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Jan 04; 29(1):154-164.