 Obesity, Morbid
"Obesity, Morbid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The condition of weighing two, three, or more times the ideal weight, so called because it is associated with many serious and life-threatening disorders. In the BODY MASS INDEX, morbid obesity is defined as having a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2.
| Descriptor ID |
D009767
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.726.500.700 C23.888.144.699.500.500 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500.500 G07.100.100.160.120.699.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Obesity, Morbid- Obesity, Morbid
- Morbid Obesities
- Obesities, Morbid
- Obesity, Severe
- Obesities, Severe
- Severe Obesities
- Severe Obesity
- Morbid Obesity
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| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2005 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2006 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2007 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2008 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2009 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2010 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2011 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 2012 | 9 | 1 | 10 | | 2013 | 15 | 2 | 17 | | 2014 | 11 | 1 | 12 | | 2015 | 18 | 0 | 18 | | 2016 | 10 | 5 | 15 | | 2017 | 12 | 2 | 14 | | 2018 | 10 | 0 | 10 | | 2019 | 15 | 1 | 16 | | 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity, Morbid" by people in Profiles.
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Paidas Teefey C, Reforma L, Koelper NC, Sammel MD, Srinivas SK, Levine LD, Durnwald CP. Risk Factors Associated With Cesarean Delivery After Induction of Labor in Women With Class III Obesity. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 03; 135(3):542-549.
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Ryder JR, Xu P, Inge TH, Xie C, Jenkins TM, Hur C, Lee M, Choi J, Michalsky MP, Kelly AS, Urbina EM. Thirty-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events in Adolescents with Severe Obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 03; 28(3):616-623.
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Voils CI, Adler R, Strawbridge E, Grubber J, Allen KD, Olsen MK, McVay MA, Raghavan S, Raffa SD, Funk LM. Early-phase study of a telephone-based intervention to reduce weight regain among bariatric surgery patients. Health Psychol. 2020 May; 39(5):391-402.
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Ogle SB, Inge TH, Campbell EG. Comment on: Beyond insurance: race-based disparities in the use of metabolic and bariatric surgery for the management of severe pediatric obesity. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 03; 16(3):419-421.
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Bout-Tabaku S, Gupta R, Jenkins TM, Ryder JR, Baughcum AE, Jackson RD, Inge TH, Dixon JB, Helmrath MA, Courcoulas AP, Mitchell JE, Harmon CM, Xie C, Michalsky MP. Musculoskeletal Pain, Physical Function, and Quality of Life After Bariatric Surgery. Pediatrics. 2019 12; 144(6).
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Bjornstad P, Hughan K, Kelsey MM, Shah AS, Lynch J, Nehus E, Mitsnefes M, Jenkins T, Xu P, Xie C, Inge T, Nadeau K. Effect of Surgical Versus Medical Therapy on Diabetic Kidney Disease Over 5 Years in Severely Obese Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2020 01; 43(1):187-195.
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Rogowitz E, Patti ME, Lawler HM. Time to Dump Late Dumping Syndrome Terminology. Obes Surg. 2019 09; 29(9):2985-2986.
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Inge TH, Courcoulas AP, Helmrath MA. Five-Year Outcomes of Gastric Bypass in Adolescents as Compared with Adults. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2019 08 29; 381(9):e17.
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Goddard GR, Kotagal M, Jenkins TM, Kollar LM, Inge TH, Helmrath MA. Weight loss after sleeve gastrectomy in developmentally delayed adolescents and young adults. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019 Oct; 15(10):1662-1667.
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Moore JM, Krebs NF. Comment on: Micronutrient intake and biochemistry in adolescents adherent or nonadherent to supplements 5 years after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019 09; 15(9):1503-1504.
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