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 923 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 69 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	0	1
2001	5	4	9
2002	8	3	11
2003	14	6	20
2004	16	11	27
2005	18	4	22
2006	17	4	21
2007	20	10	30
2008	23	10	33
2009	21	13	34
2010	33	8	41
2011	39	8	47
2012	27	10	37
2013	51	18	69
2014	39	17	56
2015	44	19	63
2016	20	32	52
2017	47	16	63
2018	22	12	34
2019	31	11	42
2020	25	16	41
2021	9	18	27
2022	7	32	39
2023	6	24	30
2024	17	17	34
2025	15	6	21
2026	2	1	3

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

Fern?ndez-Gonz?lez I, Vattathara JJ, Davis RJ, Sabio G, L?pez M. Attack of the kinases: JNK signaling in metabolism. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2026 Apr 01; 330(4):R379-R395.

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Richardson AS, Dubowitz T, Ye F, Beyer KMM, Zhou Y, Kershaw KN, Duck W, Beckman R, Shikany JM, Kiefe CI. Associations between historical redlining and BMI: Potential indirect pathways through neighborhood socioeconomic and environment factors and their associated lifestyle behaviors in CARDIA. Health Place. 2026 Mar; 98:103623.

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Choi HL, Kim B, Park YM, Yoo JE, Kim S, Jeong SM, Han K, Shin DW. Metabolic obesity phenotypes and breast cancer risk before and after menopause: A nationwide cohort study in South Korea. Cancer. 2026 01 01; 132(1):e70244.

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Obeso A, Drouard G, Jelenkovic A, Ordo?ana JR, S?nchez-Romera JF, Colodro-Conde L, Ollikainen M, Aaltonen S, Corley RP, Huibregtse BM, Medda E, Fagnani C, Toccaceli V, Gatz M, Butler DA, Bartels M, Ligthart L, de Geus EJ, Christensen K, Skytthe A, Kyvik KO, Medland SE, Gordon SD, Rasmussen FE, Tynelius P, Franz CE, Kremen WS, Lyons MJ, Spector T, Mangino M, Lachance G, Magnusson PK, Pedersen NL, Dahl Aslan AK, Duncan GE, Buchwald D, Pyun H, Lee J, Lee SJ, Sung J, Bruins S, Pool R, Eriksson A, Martin NG, Boomsma DI, Kaprio J, Silventoinen K. Genetic and environmental effects on weight gain from young adulthood to old age and its association with body mass index in early young adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 16 twin cohorts. Int J Obes (Lond). 2026 Apr; 50(4):768-776.

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Zewde MG, Peyser DK, Yu AT, Bonaccorso AM, Moshier EL, Alavi K, Goldstone RN, Marks JH, Maykel JA, McLemore EC, Sands DR, Steele SR, Wexner SD, Whiteford MH, Sylla P. Impact of Obesity on Postoperative Outcomes in Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. 2026 Apr 01; 69(4):553-564.

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Koeller E, Romanelli J. The Role of Bariatric Surgery in the Era of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists. R I Med J (2013). 2025 Dec 01; 108(12):24-28.

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VanKim NA, Putnam N, Chipkin SR. Prevalence of Clinical Obesity Based on Updated Definitions Among Women by Sexual Identity: Results from 2001 to 2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2026 Apr; 35(4):396-404.

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Lee JA, Pakpahan R, Amante DJ, Gerber BS, Yang L. Comorbidity prevalence and incidence in cancer survivors: a longitudinal All of Us study. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Nov 03; 9(6).

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Curtin C, Must A, Eliasziw M, Bandini LG. Parental Feeding Styles, Parental Feeding Practices and Obesity Among Children With and Without Intellectual Disabilities. J Intellect Disabil Res. 2026 Jan; 70(1):87-96.

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Xu H, Gupta S, Dinsmore I, Kollu A, Cawley AM, Anwar MY, Chen HH, Petty LE, Seshadri S, Graff M, Below JE, Brody JA, Chittoor G, Fisher-Hoch SP, Heard-Costa NL, Levy D, Lin H, Loos RJF, Mccormick JB, Rotter JI, Mirshahi T, Still CD, Destefano A, Cupples LA, Mohlke KL, North KE, Justice AE, Liu CT. Integrating genetic and transcriptomic data to identify genes underlying obesity risk loci. Int J Obes (Lond). 2025 Nov; 49(11):2346-2357.

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