Body Mass Index
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An indicator of body density as determined by the relationship of BODY WEIGHT to BODY HEIGHT. BMI=weight (kg)/height squared (m2). BMI correlates with body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE). Their relationship varies with age and gender. For adults, BMI falls into these categories: below 18.5 (underweight); 18.5-24.9 (normal); 25.0-29.9 (overweight); 30.0 and above (obese). (National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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D015992
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.125 E05.041.124.125 G07.100.100.125 N06.850.505.200.100.175
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Mass Index- Body Mass Index
- Index, Body Mass
- Quetelet Index
- Index, Quetelet
- Quetelet's Index
- Quetelets Index
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| 1995 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 1996 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 1997 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 1998 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 1999 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 2000 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2001 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2002 | 3 | 12 | 15 | | 2003 | 2 | 28 | 30 | | 2004 | 3 | 32 | 35 | | 2005 | 5 | 36 | 41 | | 2006 | 6 | 31 | 37 | | 2007 | 8 | 40 | 48 | | 2008 | 17 | 44 | 61 | | 2009 | 10 | 62 | 72 | | 2010 | 10 | 63 | 73 | | 2011 | 9 | 66 | 75 | | 2012 | 11 | 66 | 77 | | 2013 | 17 | 77 | 94 | | 2014 | 24 | 77 | 101 | | 2015 | 15 | 93 | 108 | | 2016 | 21 | 55 | 76 | | 2017 | 23 | 89 | 112 | | 2018 | 25 | 65 | 90 | | 2019 | 14 | 72 | 86 | | 2020 | 17 | 46 | 63 | | 2021 | 11 | 59 | 70 | | 2022 | 4 | 44 | 48 | | 2023 | 2 | 41 | 43 | | 2024 | 27 | 40 | 67 | | 2025 | 13 | 24 | 37 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Mass Index" by people in Profiles.
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Krishnan M, Anwar MY, Justice AE, Chittoor G, Chen HH, Roshani R, Scartozzi A, Dickerson RR, Smit RAJ, Preuss MH, Chami N, Hadad BS, Parra EJ, Cruz M, Hui Q, Wilson PWF, Sun YV, Zhang X, Linchangco GV, Kardia SLR, Faul JD, Weir DR, Bielak LF, Highland HM, Young KL, Qi B, Wang Y, Fornage M, Haiman C, Cheng I, Peters U, Kooperberg C, Buyske S, McCormick JB, Fisher-Hoch SP, Lona-Durazo F, Peralta J, Gomez-Zamudio J, Rich SS, Ferrier KR, Lange EM, Gignoux CR, Kenny EE, Wojcik GL, Cho K, Gaziano MJ, Djousse L, Liu S, Vaidya D, de Mutsert R, Josyula NS, Bauer CR, Zhao W, Walker RW, Smith JA, Lange LA, Meyer MC, Liu CT, Yanek LR, Lee M, Raffield LM, Loos RJF, Gordon-Larsen P, Below JE, North KE, Graff M. Genome-wide association study provides novel insight into the genetic architecture of severe obesity. PLoS Genet. 2025 Sep; 21(9):e1011842.
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Michelsen TM, Sajjad MU, Haugen G, Moore L, Julian CG, Sørbye IK, Henriksen T. Maternal body mass index is related to fetal uptake of glucose and oxygen via fetal insulin resistance rather than fetal glucose levels. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2025 Aug 21; 380(1933):20240178.
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Harrall KK, Glueck DH, Lange LA, Litkowski EM, Vanderlinden LA, Konigsberg IR, Cree MG, Perng W, Dabelea D. GLP-1R Gene Polymorphisms and Metabolic Traits During Childhood and Adolescence: The EPOCH Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Aug 07; 110(9):e3031-e3040.
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Joffe L, Mirzaei S, Bhatia S, Darji H, Ness KK, Onerup A, Ladas EJ, Im C, Lupo PJ, Oeffinger KC, Friedman DN, Howell RM, Conces MR, Arnold MA, Armstrong GT, Neglia JP, Yasui Y, Kadan-Lottick NS, Turcotte LM. Body Mass Index, Physical Activity, and Subsequent Neoplasm Risk Among Childhood Cancer Survivors. JAMA Oncol. 2025 Aug 01; 11(8):835-845.
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Smit RAJ, Wade KH, Hui Q, Arias JD, Yin X, Christiansen MR, Yengo L, Preuss MH, Nakabuye M, Rocheleau G, Graham SE, Buchanan VL, Chittoor G, Graff M, Guindo-Martínez M, Lu Y, Marouli E, Sakaue S, Spracklen CN, Vedantam S, Wilson EP, Chen SH, Ferreira T, Ji Y, Karaderi T, Lüll K, Machado M, Malden DE, Medina-Gomez C, Moore A, Rüeger S, Akiyama M, Allison MA, Alvarez M, Andersen MK, Appadurai V, Arbeeva L, Bartell E, Bhaskar S, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Bollepalli S, Bork-Jensen J, Bradfield JP, Bradford Y, Brandl C, Braund PS, Brody JA, Broeckel U, Burgdorf KS, Cade BE, Cai Q, Camarda S, Campbell A, Cañadas-Garre M, Chai JF, Chesi A, Choi SH, Christofidou P, Couture C, Cuellar-Partida G, Danning R, Degenhardt F, Delgado GE, Delitala A, Demirkan A, Deng X, Dietl A, Dimitriou M, Dimitrov L, Dorajoo R, Eichelmann F, Eliasen AU, Engmann JE, Erdos MR, Fairhurst-Hunter Z, Farmaki AE, Faul JD, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Forer L, Frank M, Freitag-Wolf S, Fritsche LG, Fuchsberger C, Galesloot TE, Gao Y, Geller F, Giannakopoulou O, Giulianini F, Gjesing AP, Goel A, Gordon SD, Gorski M, Grove J, Guo X, Gustafsson S, Haessler J, Hansen TF, Havulinna AS, Haworth SJ, Heard-Costa N, Hemerich D, Highland HM, Hindy G, Ho YL, Hofer E, Holliday E, Horn K, Hornsby WE, Hottenga JJ, Huang H, Huang J, Huerta-Chagoya A, Huo S, Hwang MY, Hwu CM, Iha H, Ikeda DD, Isono M, Jackson AU, Jansen IE, Jiang Y, Johansson I, Jonsson A, Jørgensen T, Kalafati IP, Kanai M, Kanoni S, Kårhus LL, Kasturiratne A, Katsuya T, Kawaguchi T, Kember RL, Kentistou KA, Kim D, Kim HN, Kim YJ, Kleber ME, Knol MJ, Kurbasic A, Lauzon M, Le P, Lea R, Lee JY, Lee WJ, Leonard HL, Li H, Li SA, Li X, Li X, Liang J, Lin H, Lin K, Liu J, Liu X, Lo KS, Long J, Lores-Motta L, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Lyytikäinen LP, Mahajan A, Malik MZ, Mamakou V, Mangino M, Manichaikul A, Marten J, Mattheisen M, McDaid AF, Mei Q, Meiselbach H, Melendez TL, Milaneschi Y, Miller JE, Millwood IY, Mishra PP, Mitchell RE, Møllehave LT, Mononen N, Mucha S, Munz M, Mykkänen J, Nakatochi M, Nardone GG, Nelson CP, Nethander M, Nho CW, Nielsen AA, Nolte IM, Nongmaithem SS, Noordam R, Ntalla I, Nutile T, Pandit A, Pauper M, Petersen ERB, Petersen LV, Piluso F, Pola?ek O, Poveda A, Pyarajan S, Raffield LM, Rakugi H, Ramirez J, Rasheed A, Raven D, Rayner NW, Riveros C, Rohde R, Ruggiero D, Ruotsalainen SE, Ryan KA, Sabater-Lleal M, Santin A, Saxena R, Scholz M, Shen B, Shi J, Shin JH, Sidore C, Sidorenko J, Sim X, Slieker RC, Smith AV, Smith JA, Smyth LJ, Southam L, Steinthorsdottir V, Sun L, Takeuchi F, Taylor KD, Tayo BO, Tcheandjieu C, Terzikhan N, Tesolin P, Teumer A, Theusch E, Thompson DJ, Thorleifsson G, Timmers PRHJ, Trompet S, Turman C, Vaccargiu S, van der Laan SW, van der Most PJ, van Klinken JB, van Setten J, Verma SS, Verweij N, Veturi Y, Wang CA, Wang C, Wang JS, Wang L, Wang YX, Wang Z, Warren HR, Bin Wei W, Wen W, Wheeler WA, Wickremasinghe AR, Wielscher M, Winsvold BS, Wong A, Wuttke M, Xia R, Yamamoto K, Yang J, Yao J, Young H, Yousri NA, Yu L, Zeng L, Zhang W, Zhang X, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhou W, Zimmermann ME, Zoledziewska M, 't Hart LM, Adair LS, Adams HHH, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Al-Mulla F, Arnett DK, Asselbergs FW, Åsvold BO, Attia J, Banas B, Bandinelli S, Beilin LJ, Bennett DA, Bergler T, Bharadwaj D, Biino G, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Borja JB, Bouchard C, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Brumpton B, Buring JE, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chandak GR, Chanock SJ, Chaturvedi N, Ida Chen YD, Chen Z, Cheng CY, Cho YS, Christensen K, Christophersen IE, Ciullo M, Cole JW, Collins FS, Concas MP, Cooper RS, Cruz M, Cucca F, Cutler MJ, Damrauer SM, Dantoft TM, de Borst GJ, de Geus EJC, de Groot LCPGM, De Jager PL, de Kleijn DPV, de Silva HJ, Dedoussis GV, den Hollander AI, Du S, Easton DF, Eckardt KU, Elders PJM, Eliassen AH, Ellinor PT, Elmståhl S, Erdmann J, Evans MK, Fatkin D, Feenstra B, Feitosa MF, Ferrucci L, Florez JC, Ford I, Fornage M, Franke A, Franks PW, Freedman BI, Gieger C, Girotto G, Golightly YM, et al. Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries. Nat Med. 2025 Sep; 31(9):3151-3168.
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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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Trikha SRJ, Raab R, DeZeeuw T, Moore S, Neagle M, Petrun M, Broussard JL. Prevalence and predictors of obstructive sleep apnea in collegiate football players. J Clin Sleep Med. 2025 Jul 01; 21(7):1233-1243.
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Harrall KK, Glueck DH, Lange LA, Litkowski EM, Vanderlinden LA, Konigsberg IR, Cree MG, Perng W, Dabelea D. GLP-1R Polymorphisms Modify the Relationship Between Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Offspring BMI Growth: The EPOCH Study. Diabetes Care. 2025 Jul 01; 48(7):1280-1287.
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Schaid TR, Erickson C, D'Alessandro A, Hansen K, Thielen O, Hallas W, Gallagher L, Cralley A, LaCroix I, Ramser B, Stocker B, Mitra S, Stafford P, Dzieciatkowska M, Silliman C, Cohen M. Obesity influences the biological response to injury: a multi-omics analysis. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2025 Jun 27; 51(1):238.
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Shah VN, Akturk HK, Kruger D, Ahmann A, Bhargava A, Bakoyannis G, Pyle L, Snell-Bergeon JK. Semaglutide in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes and Obesity. NEJM Evid. 2025 Aug; 4(8):EVIDoa2500173.
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