Pediatric Obesity

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"Pediatric 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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BODY MASS INDEX in children (ages 2-12) and in adolescents (ages 13-18) that is grossly above the recommended cut-off for a specific age and sex. For infants less than 2 years of age, obesity is determined based on standard weight-for-length percentile measures.

Descriptor ID	D063766
MeSH Number(s)	C18.654.726.500.720 C23.888.144.699.500.750 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500.750 G07.100.100.160.120.699.500.750
Concept/Terms	Pediatric Obesity Pediatric Obesity Obesity, Pediatric Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity Obesity, Childhood Childhood Onset Obesity Obesity, Childhood Onset Child Obesity Obesity, Child Childhood Overweight Childhood Overweights Overweight, Childhood Obesity in Childhood Infant Obesity Infant Obesity Obesity, Infant Infant Overweight Overweight, Infant Infantile Obesity Obesity, Infantile Adolescent Obesity Adolescent Obesity Obesity, Adolescent Obesity in Adolescence Adolescent Overweight Overweight, Adolescent

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

Diseases [C]
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18]
Nutrition Disorders [C18.654]
Overnutrition [C18.654.726]
Obesity [C18.654.726.500]
Pediatric Obesity [C18.654.726.500.720]
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]
Pediatric Obesity [C23.888.144.699.500.750]
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]
Pediatric Obesity [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500.750]
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]
Pediatric Obesity [G07.100.100.160.120.699.500.750]

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

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

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pediatric Obesity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pediatric Obesity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 54 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2013	2	0	2
2014	7	2	9
2015	7	0	7
2016	6	4	10
2017	4	1	5
2018	6	1	7
2019	1	1	2
2020	2	1	3
2021	8	1	9

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

Korn AR, Appel J, Hammond RA, Hennessy E, Mâsse LC, Must A, Economos CD. Validation and refinement of the Stakeholder-driven Community Diffusion Survey for childhood obesity prevention. Implement Sci. 2021 10 09; 16(1):91.

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Schulte R, Hinson A, Huynh V, Breese EH, Pierro J, Rotz S, Mixon BA, McNeer JL, Burke MJ, Orgel E. Levocarnitine for pegaspargase-induced hepatotoxicity in older children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Med. 2021 11; 10(21):7551-7560.

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Wang ML, Sprague Martinez LS, Weinberg J, Alatorre S, Lemon SC, Rosal MC. A youth empowerment intervention to prevent childhood obesity: design and methods for a cluster randomized trial of the H2GO! program. BMC Public Health. 2021 09 15; 21(1):1675.

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Gourgari E, Huerta-Saenz L, Tonyushkina KN, Rosolowsky ET, Guttmann-Bauman I. Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for pediatric patients with obesity and diabetes: The providers' perspectives. Pediatr Diabetes. 2021 09; 22(6):872-875.

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Simione M, Farrar-Muir H, Mini FN, Perkins ME, Luo M, Frost H, Orav EJ, Metlay J, Zai AH, Kistin CJ, Sease K, Hambidge SJ, Taveras EM. Implementation of the Connect for Health pediatric weight management program: study protocol and baseline characteristics. J Comp Eff Res. 2021 08; 10(11):881-892.

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Robinson TN, Matheson D, Wilson DM, Weintraub DL, Banda JA, McClain A, Sanders LM, Haskell WL, Haydel KF, Kapphahn KI, Pratt C, Truesdale KP, Stevens J, Desai M. A community-based, multi-level, multi-setting, multi-component intervention to reduce weight gain among low socioeconomic status Latinx children with overweight or obesity: The Stanford GOALS randomised controlled trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2021 06; 9(6):336-349.

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Blaine RE, Bowling A, Kaur R, Davison KK. Promoting Sleep and Balanced Screen Time among School-Aged Children with Neurodevelopmental and Mental Health Disorders: A Parent Perspective. Child Obes. 2021 07; 17(5):329-341.

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Korn AR, Hammond RA, Hennessy E, Must A, Pachucki MC, Economos CD. Evolution of a Coalition Network during a Whole-of-Community Intervention to Prevent Early Childhood Obesity. Child Obes. 2021 09; 17(6):379-390.

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Pbert L, Trivedi M, Druker S, Bram J, Olendzki B, Crawford S, Frisard C, Andersen V, Waring ME, Clements K, Schneider K, Geller AC. Supporting families of children with overweight and obesity to live healthy lifestyles: Design and rationale for the Fitline cluster randomized controlled pediatric practice-based trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 05; 104:106348.

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Fields LC, Brown C, Skelton JA, Cain KS, Cohen GM. Internalized Weight Bias, Teasing, and Self-Esteem in Children with Overweight or Obesity. Child Obes. 2021 01; 17(1):43-50.

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