"Weight Loss" 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.
Decrease in existing BODY WEIGHT.
| Descriptor ID |
D015431
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.144.243.963 G07.345.249.314.120.200.963
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| Concept/Terms |
Weight Loss- Weight Loss
- Loss, Weight
- Losses, Weight
- Weight Losses
- Weight Reduction
- Reduction, Weight
- Reductions, Weight
- Weight Reductions
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Weight Loss" 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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Longitudinal Impacts of Gastric Bypass Surgery on Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Statins. Obes Surg. 2019 08; 29(8):2571-2583.
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Levels of adherence needed to achieve significant weight loss. Int J Obes (Lond). 2019 01; 43(1):125-131.
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The Association of Prediabetes and Diabetes Risk Perception With Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Weight Loss. Am J Health Promot. 2019 05; 33(4):534-540.
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A one-year school-based diet/exercise intervention improves non-traditional disease biomarkers in Mexican-American children. Matern Child Nutr. 2013 Oct; 9(4):524-32.
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Effects of exercise on weight loss and monocytes in obese mice. Comp Med. 2012 Feb; 62(1):21-6.
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The effect of mild post-stroke exercise on reactive neurogenesis and recovery of somatosensation in aged rats. Exp Neurol. 2010 Nov; 226(1):58-67.