"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.
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
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| 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
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| Concept/Terms |
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
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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pediatric Obesity" by people in Profiles.
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Pbert L, Druker S, Crawford S, Frisard C, Bram J, Olendzki B, Andersen V, Hazelton J, Simone D, Trivedi M, Ryan G, Schneider K, Geller AC. A pediatric primary care practice-based obesity intervention to support families: a cluster-randomized clinical trial. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 Sep; 32(9):1721-1733.
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Carroll JE, Emond JA, VanKim N, Bertone-Johnson E, Sturgeon SR. A Latent Class Analysis of Family Eating Behaviors and Home Environment Habits on Preschool-Aged Children's Body Mass Index. Child Obes. 2024 Dec; 20(8):643-652.
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Ertel KA, Okuzono SS, Beyer LN, Pintro K, Cuevas AG, Slopen N. Neighborhood Opportunity and Obesity in Early Adolescence: Differential Associations by Sex. J Adolesc Health. 2024 Aug; 75(2):314-322.
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Schratz LM, Larkin O, Dos Santos N, Martin C. Caregiver Influences on Eating Behaviors in Children: An Opportunity for Preventing Obesity. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2023 12; 25(12):1035-1045.
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Brochier A, Messmer E, Wexler MG, Rogers S, Cottrell E, Tripodis Y, Garg A. A cross-sectional study of relationships between social risks and prevalence and severity of pediatric chronic conditions. BMC Pediatr. 2023 03 08; 23(1):115.
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Foster BA, Alvarez HO, Padilla T, Meyer JS. Longitudinal Examination of Hair Cortisol Concentrations and Weight Changes in Preschool-Aged Children of Latino Farmworkers. Child Obes. 2023 09; 19(6):399-407.
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Must A, Eliasziw M, Bowling A, Maga?a S, Stanish H, Bandini L, Curtin C, Kral TVE. Relationship Between Childhood Obesity and Autism Spectrum Disorder Varies by Child's Age and Parents' Weight Status in a Sample of Sibling Dyads. Child Obes. 2023 07; 19(5):309-315.
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Trivedi M, Frisard C, Crawford S, Bram J, Geller AC, Pbert L. Impact of COVID-19 on childhood obesity: Data from a paediatric weight management trial. Pediatr Obes. 2022 12; 17(12):e12959.
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Ballard R, Arteaga SS, Berrigan D, Devlin HM, Galuska DA, Hamner HC, Kettel Khan L, Moore LV, Pannucci TE, Reedy J, Sharfman AS. Advancing Measurement to Address Childhood Obesity: Results of 3 Workshops. Am J Prev Med. 2021 12; 61(6):e296-e304.
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Korn AR, Appel J, Hammond RA, Hennessy E, M?sse 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.