 Obesity
"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.
A status with BODY WEIGHT that is grossly above the acceptable or desirable weight, usually due to accumulation of excess FATS in the body. The standards may vary with age, sex, genetic or cultural background. In the BODY MASS INDEX, a BMI greater than 30.0 kg/m2 is considered obese, and a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2 is considered morbidly obese (MORBID OBESITY).
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D009765
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.726.500 C23.888.144.699.500 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500 G07.100.100.160.120.699.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Obesity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Obesity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 1997 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 1998 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 1999 | 10 | 6 | 16 | | 2000 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2001 | 12 | 1 | 13 | | 2002 | 17 | 6 | 23 | | 2003 | 19 | 7 | 26 | | 2004 | 36 | 16 | 52 | | 2005 | 42 | 13 | 55 | | 2006 | 32 | 14 | 46 | | 2007 | 36 | 18 | 54 | | 2008 | 53 | 18 | 71 | | 2009 | 61 | 28 | 89 | | 2010 | 64 | 17 | 81 | | 2011 | 78 | 19 | 97 | | 2012 | 67 | 18 | 85 | | 2013 | 76 | 28 | 104 | | 2014 | 60 | 32 | 92 | | 2015 | 93 | 34 | 127 | | 2016 | 66 | 33 | 99 | | 2017 | 66 | 30 | 96 | | 2018 | 77 | 30 | 107 | | 2019 | 79 | 34 | 113 | | 2020 | 36 | 40 | 76 | | 2021 | 34 | 51 | 85 | | 2022 | 26 | 78 | 104 | | 2023 | 24 | 68 | 92 | | 2024 | 41 | 49 | 90 | | 2025 | 40 | 7 | 47 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity" by people in Profiles.
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Zemski Berry K, Garfield A, Whytock KL, Macias E, Zarini S, Jambal P, Stepaniak T, Bowen S, Perreault L, Johnson C, Kahn D, Kerege A, Tamburini IJ, Nguyen CM, Viesi CH, Seldin M, Sun Y, Walsh M, Sparks LM, Bergman BC. Combined Weight Loss and Exercise Training Alters Skeletal Muscle Subcellular Lipid Localization and Intermuscular Adipose Tissue Cellular Composition. Diabetes. 2025 Dec 01; 74(12):2249-2263.
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Woolf EK, Diktas HE, Acosta A, Apolzan JW, Ard JD, Boyle KE, Gilbert JA, Katzmarzyk PT, Laurienti PJ, Lobstein T, Nicastro HL, Ordovas JM, Phelan S, Redman LM, Roe BE, Ryan DH, Stephens JM, Tate DF, Apovian CM, Martin CK. Precision Prevention, Diagnostics, and Treatment of Obesity: Pipedream or Reality? Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Nov; 33(11):2029-2045.
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VanderVeen BN, Cardaci TD, Unger CA, NeSmith MM, Freeman JC, Bastian AV, Roark K, Upadhyay M, Levy AG, Bullard BM, McDonald SJ, Velázquez KT, Enos RT, Kubinak JL, Hofseth LJ, Hebert JR, Fan D, Murphy EA. Cannabis improves metabolic dysfunction and macrophage signatures in obese mice. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 Oct 01; 329(4):C1316-C1331.
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Rosenberg R, Breit MJ, Clark KC, Broussard JL, Catenacci VA, Depner CM, Simon SL, Wright KP, Zuraikat FM, Creasy SA. Examining the Role of Sleep in Body Weight Regulation and Implications for Obesity Treatment: A Narrative Review. Obes Rev. 2026 Feb; 27(2):e70017.
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Warner-Palacio J, Paxton Z, Hassiak A, Willardson S, Edmonds D, Sanders L, Feltner P, Schultz N, Nelson C, Bills KB, Sant DW. Investigating the Metabolic Effects of Ultrasound-Induced Lipolysis. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Sep 06; 26(17).
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Breit MJ, Pan Z, Ostendorf DM, Dahle JH, Catenacci VA, Creasy SA, Melanson EL. Using Time-Weighted Averages of Total Daily Energy Expenditure to Estimate Energy Intake During a Weight Loss Intervention. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Nov; 33(11):2093-2102.
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Arehart CH, Lin M, Gibson RA, Raghavan S, Gignoux CR, Stanislawski MA, Grotzinger AD, Evans LM. Modeling the genomic architecture of adiposity and anthropometrics across the lifespan. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 13; 16(1):7494.
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Ellison KM, El Zein A, Baidwan NK, Ferguson CC, Fowler LA, Bryan DR, Reynolds C, Hermanson D, Berg KJ, Mehta T, Hill JO, Wyatt HR, Sayer RD. Adaptive dietary and exercise strategies for weight loss in Adults with Prediabetes Trial (ADAPT): a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Oct; 122(4):1093-1102.
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Hernández MH, Santos ED, Rodriguez Y, Ferchaud-Roucher V, Rousseau-Ralliard D, Frambourg A, Berveiller P, Vialard F, Couturier-Tarrade A, Dieudonne MN. Sex-specific differences in the influence of maternal obesity on the oxidative and inflammatory status in the maternal-placental-fetal unit: new insights into the placental sphingolipid profile. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2025 Oct 01; 608:112640.
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Jakicic JM, Ryan DH, Ard JD, O'Neil PM, Kushner RF, Wyatt HR, Bays HE, Greenway FL, Leonard S, Kenan Y, Ganon-Elazar E, Wadden TA. Association of the Early Response to an Oral Shape-Shifting Superabsorbent Hydrogel Capsule With Weight Loss. Clin Obes. 2026 Feb; 16(1):e70037.
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