"Body Height" 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.
The distance from the sole to the crown of the head with body standing on a flat surface and fully extended.
| Descriptor ID |
D001827
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.160.100 E05.041.124.160.500 G07.100.100.160.100 G07.345.249.314.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Height- Body Height
- Body Heights
- Height, Body
- Heights, Body
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Height" by people in Profiles.
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Physiological mechanisms underlying children's circannual growth patterns and their contributions to the obesity epidemic in elementary school age children. Obes Rev. 2020 03; 21(3):e12973.
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3D surface imaging of the human female torso in upright to supine positions. Med Eng Phys. 2015 Apr; 37(4):375-83.
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Comparison of measured and parents' reported height and weight in children and adolescents. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 May; 19(5):1040-6.
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Cross-validation of generalised body composition equations with diverse young men and women: the Training Intervention and Genetics of Exercise Response (TIGER) Study. Br J Nutr. 2009 Mar; 101(6):871-8.