 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 | 26 | 2 | 28 | | 2016 | 22 | 5 | 27 | | 2017 | 29 | 3 | 32 | | 2018 | 31 | 7 | 38 | | 2019 | 35 | 5 | 40 | | 2020 | 28 | 6 | 34 | | 2021 | 31 | 1 | 32 | | 2022 | 19 | 0 | 19 | | 2023 | 27 | 3 | 30 | | 2024 | 22 | 7 | 29 | | 2025 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pediatric Obesity" by people in Profiles.
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Meshkovska B, Moerman G, Baillergeau E, Br?er 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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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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Chen Y, Tilves C, Bohn B, Doyon M, Bouchard L, Perron P, Guerin R, Masse E, Hivert MF, Mueller NT. Gut microbiota and microbial metabolites are associated with body composition in 5-year-old children: A cross-sectional study in the Gen3G cohort. Pediatr Obes. 2025 Jun; 20(6):e70007.
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Tran AH, Walsh A, Urbina EM. Hypertension, Obesity, and Target Organ Injury in Children: An Emerging Health Care Crisis. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2025 Feb 27; 27(1):12.
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Henes ST, Stotz SA, Riggs SE, Yang HM. eHealth, family-based interventions, and multilevel approaches to pediatric weight management: a scoping review. Nutr Rev. 2025 02 01; 83(2):e649-e666.
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Gyllenhammer LE, Boyle KE. New Frontiers: Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Uncover Developmental Roots and Biological Underpinnings of Obesity Susceptibility. Curr Obes Rep. 2025 Jan 16; 14(1):10.
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McCormack LA, MacKenzie DA, Deutsch A, Beene D, Hockett CW, Ziegler K, Knapp EA, Kress AM, Li ZR, Bakre S, Habre R, Jacobson L, Karagas MR, LeWinn K, Nozadi SS, Alshawabkeh A, Aris IM, Bekelman TA, Bendixsen CG, Camargo C, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Croen L, Assiamira F, Fry R, Gebretsadik T, Hartert T, Hirko KA, Karr CJ, Kloog I, Loftus C, Magee KE, McEvoy C, Neiderhiser JM, O'Connor TG, O'Shea M, Straughen JK, Urquhart A, Wright R, Elliott AJ. A descriptive examination of rurality in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort: Implications, illustrations, and future directions. J Rural Health. 2025 Jan; 41(1):e12908.
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Argente J, Verge CF, Okorie U, Fennoy I, Kelsey MM, Cokkinias C, Scimia C, Lee HM, Farooqi IS. Setmelanotide in patients aged 2-5 years with rare MC4R pathway-associated obesity (VENTURE): a 1 year, open-label, multicenter, phase 3 trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2025 01; 13(1):29-37.
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