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 877 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 73 publications in 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	1	3
1997	2	2	4
1998	3	0	3
1999	5	1	6
2000	1	1	2
2001	5	5	10
2002	9	3	12
2003	14	7	21
2004	15	11	26
2005	18	4	22
2006	16	3	19
2007	21	10	31
2008	24	11	35
2009	24	13	37
2010	35	8	43
2011	38	9	47
2012	25	10	35
2013	54	19	73
2014	39	18	57
2015	42	19	61
2016	20	33	53
2017	42	13	55
2018	18	13	31
2019	26	11	37
2020	21	14	35
2021	8	19	27
2022	3	30	33
2023	5	21	26
2024	14	13	27
2025	2	4	6

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

Rizo-Roca D, Henderson JD, Zierath JR. Metabolomics in cardiometabolic diseases: Key biomarkers and therapeutic implications for insulin resistance and diabetes. J Intern Med. 2025 Jun; 297(6):584-607.

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Fath AR, Aglan A, Maron MS, Phillips JS, Maron BJ, Rowin EJ. Cardiovascular outcomes of glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist in patients with obesity and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiol. 2025 May 01; 426:133082.

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Jonikas JA, Aranda F, Burke-Miller JK, Sabella K, Mullen MG, Davis M, Cook JA. Prevalence of chronic physical conditions and physical multimorbidity among young adults with serious mental health conditions. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2025 Jun; 48(2):89-98.

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Nandy A, Helderman RCM, Thapa S, Peck SH, Richards A, Jayapalan S, Narayani N, Czech MP, Rosen CJ, Rendina-Ruedy E. Enhanced fatty acid oxidation in osteoprogenitor cells provides protection from high-fat diet induced bone dysfunction. J Bone Miner Res. 2025 Feb 02; 40(2):283-298.

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Cicu?ndez B, Mora A, L?pez JA, Curtabbi A, P?rez-Garc?a J, Porteiro B, Jimenez-Blasco D, Latorre-Muro P, Vo P, Jerome M, G?mez-Santos B, Romero-Becerra R, Leiva M, Rodr?guez E, Le?n M, Leiva-Vega L, G?mez-Lado N, Torres JL, Hern?ndez-Cosido L, Aguiar P, Marcos M, Jastroch M, Daiber A, Aspichueta P, Bola?os JP, Spinelli JB, Puigserver P, Enriquez JA, V?zquez J, Folgueira C, Sabio G. Absence of MCJ/DnaJC15 promotes brown adipose tissue thermogenesis. Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 13; 16(1):229.

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Bea JW, Ochs-Balcom HM, Valencia CI, Chen Z, Blew RM, Lind KE, Caan BJ, Roe DJ, Rohan TE, Reeves KW, Manson JE, Ballinger T, Reding KW, Follis S, Ziller SG, Odegaard AO. Abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue associations with postmenopausal breast cancer incidence. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Jan 03; 9(1).

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Pagoto S, Xu R, Bannor R, Idiong C, Goetz J, Fernandes D. Comparing Synchronous and Asynchronous Remotely Delivered Lifestyle Interventions: Protocol for a Randomized Noninferiority Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Dec 19; 13:e65323.

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Osataphan S, Awidi M, Jan YJ, Gunturu K, Sundararaman S, Viray H, Frankenberger E, Mariano M, O'Loughlin L, Piper-Vallillo A, Stafford K, Kolnick A, Ghazalah H, Sehgal K, Patti ME, Costa D, Lam P, Rangachari D. Association between higher glucose levels and reduced survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Lung Cancer. 2024 Dec; 198:108023.

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Yuzefovych LV, Noh HL, Suk S, Schuler AM, Mulekar MS, Pastukh VM, Kim JK, Rachek LI. Mitochondria-Targeted DNA Repair Glycosylase hOGG1 Protects Against HFD-Induced Liver Oxidative Mitochondrial DNA Damage and Insulin Resistance in OGG1-Deficient Mice. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Nov 13; 25(22).

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Bai MR, Abirami K, Gayathri R, Vedantham S, Shobana S, Nagarajan LP, Gunasekaran G, Nagamuthu G, Malini HM, Gokulakrishnan K, Sandhya N, Ganesh Jeevan R, Anjana RM, Unnikrishnan R, Krishnaswamy K, Sudha V, Mohan V. Effect of low vs high dietary-advanced glycation end products on insulin-sensitivity and inflammatory- markers among overweight/obese Asian-Indian adults-A randomised controlled trial. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2024 Dec; 75(8):835-845.

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