 Pediatric Obesity
"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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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 14 | 1 | 15 | | 2014 | 23 | 1 | 24 | | 2015 | 28 | 2 | 30 | | 2016 | 22 | 5 | 27 | | 2017 | 29 | 3 | 32 | | 2018 | 32 | 7 | 39 | | 2019 | 37 | 5 | 42 | | 2020 | 28 | 6 | 34 | | 2021 | 34 | 1 | 35 | | 2022 | 20 | 0 | 20 | | 2023 | 29 | 3 | 32 | | 2024 | 23 | 7 | 30 | | 2025 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pediatric Obesity" by people in Profiles.
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Descarpentrie A, Cleveland JC, Midya V, Espinoza J, Ottino-Gonzalez J, Adise S, Alderete TL, Goran MI. Social and Environmental Correlates of Childhood Obesity Among Southern California Communities. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Nov; 33(11):2170-2180.
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Batt CE, Puccio OC, Kelsey MM, Boles RE, Moore JM. Real-World Use of Phentermine and Topiramate for Adolescent Obesity: Retrospective Effectiveness and Safety Analysis. Child Obes. 2025 Oct; 21(7):580-588.
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Mestnik S, Marley AR, Lu Z, Turcotte LM, Marcotte E, Spector LG. Childhood body mass index at diagnosis and its association with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the United States: a children's oncology group data analysis project. Leuk Lymphoma. 2025 Oct; 66(10):1931-1936.
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Meshkovska B, Moerman G, Baillergeau E, Bröer C, Lien N, Luszczynska A, Rito AI, Knai C, Helleve A. Voices of youth: youth participation in the CO-CREATE project. BMC Public Health. 2025 May 20; 25(1):1858.
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Liu C, Chow SM, Aris IM, Dabelea D, Neiderhiser JM, Leve LD, Blair C, Catellier DJ, Couzens L, Braun JM, Ferrara A, Aschner JL, Deoni SCL, Dunlop AL, Gern JE, Rivera-Spoljaric K, Hartert TV, Hershey GKK, Karagas MR, Kennedy EM, Karr CJ, Barrett ES, Zhao Q, Lester BM, Check JF, Helderman JB, O'Connor TG, Rasmussen JM, Stanford JB, Mihalopoulos NL, Wright RJ, Wright RO, Carroll KN, McEvoy CT, Breton CV, Trasande L, Weiss ST, Elliott AJ, Hockett CW, Ganiban JM. Early-Life Factors and Body Mass Index Trajectories Among Children in the ECHO Cohort. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 05 01; 8(5):e2511835.
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Whooten RC, Rifas-Shiman SL, Perng W, Chavarro JE, Oken E, Hivert MF. Physical Activity May Attenuate the Association of Early Adolescent Adiposity With PCOS Assessed in Later Adolescence: Findings From a Prospective Cohort, Project Viva. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2025 Aug; 38(4):509-514.
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Phan TT, Rhodes ET, Arasteh K, Lewis AM, Eneli I, Haemer MA, Kirk S, Stoll JM, Werk LN, Lannon CM, Forrest CB. Association Between Obesity-Related Health Factors and Patient-Reported Outcomes: Linking Patient-Reported Outcomes to PEDSnet Electronic Health Record Data. Child Obes. 2025 Jul; 21(5):438-448.
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Dobbin ML, Bernard A, Pyle L, Friedman N, Cree MG, Hawkins SMM, Simon SL. Comparison of WatchPAT to polysomnography measurement of apnea-hypopnea index and obstructive sleep apnea severity in adolescents with overweight and obesity. J Clin Sleep Med. 2025 Apr 01; 21(4):695-702.
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Eneli IU, Tindall A, Amponsah A, Orozco R, Fuller BE, Brown MM, Segna A, Bradberry H, Smathers C. Childhood Obesity as a Pediatric Vital Sign: A Population Health Initiative. Pediatrics. 2025 Apr 01; 155(Suppl 1).
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Gyllenhammer LE, Rasmussen JM, Lindsay KL, Chen WP, Gillen D, Boyle KE, Buss C, Entringer S, Wadhwa PD. Maternal allostatic load in pregnancy is prospectively associated with child adiposity and metabolic function across infancy and early childhood. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025 Jul; 177:107450.
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