 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 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 1998 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 1999 | 10 | 6 | 16 | | 2000 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2001 | 13 | 1 | 14 | | 2002 | 17 | 6 | 23 | | 2003 | 19 | 7 | 26 | | 2004 | 36 | 15 | 51 | | 2005 | 41 | 13 | 54 | | 2006 | 32 | 13 | 45 | | 2007 | 35 | 17 | 52 | | 2008 | 53 | 18 | 71 | | 2009 | 60 | 28 | 88 | | 2010 | 61 | 17 | 78 | | 2011 | 76 | 20 | 96 | | 2012 | 66 | 18 | 84 | | 2013 | 74 | 28 | 102 | | 2014 | 58 | 31 | 89 | | 2015 | 89 | 35 | 124 | | 2016 | 65 | 32 | 97 | | 2017 | 66 | 29 | 95 | | 2018 | 75 | 30 | 105 | | 2019 | 78 | 36 | 114 | | 2020 | 34 | 40 | 74 | | 2021 | 34 | 50 | 84 | | 2022 | 26 | 76 | 102 | | 2023 | 24 | 70 | 94 | | 2024 | 42 | 48 | 90 | | 2025 | 60 | 13 | 73 | | 2026 | 28 | 2 | 30 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity" by people in Profiles.
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Oselinsky KM, Hill EB, Ostendorf DM, Pan Z, Bing K, Wayland LT, Simpson C, Clark KC, Sandoval A, Thomas EA, Marker RJ, Kabos P, MacLean PS, Catenacci VA. Exploring the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Safety of a 4:3 Intermittent Fasting Weight Loss Program Among Stage I-III Breast Cancer Survivors With Overweight or Obesity: Protocol for a 6-Month Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2026 Jul 23; 15:e86281.
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Yeo EN, Scadden AW, Caterer ZT, Sutton KJ, Konigsberg IR, Cole JB, Litkowski EM, Pan Z, Lozupone CA, Ostendorf DM, MacLean PS, Melanson EL, Bessesen DH, Borengasser SJ, Lange EM, Catenacci VA, Stanislawski MA. Multi-omic modelling of body mass index response to a dietary weight loss intervention. Gut Microbes. 2026 Dec 31; 18(1):2696645.
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Miller JL, van Santen HM, Phillips SA, Hamilton J, Aberle J, Sathyapalan T, Mohamed Z, McCormack SE, Shoemaker AH, Kelsey MM, Ghalib L, Stalla G, Thaker VV, Habiby R, Ode KL, Wabitsch M, Dattani M, Abuzzahab MJ, Abdullatif H, Morgan R, Stefater-Richards M, Aroda VR, Friedrich C, Han JC, Ono H, Nagasaki K, Tanaka T, Isojima T, Arima H, Scimia C, Yuan G, Müller HL, Roth CL. Setmelanotide for the Treatment of Acquired Hypothalamic Obesity. N Engl J Med. 2026 Jul 09; 395(2):138-150.
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Zemski Berry K, Garfield A, Macias E, Zarini S, Bowen S, Cree MG, Snell-Bergeon JK, Bodkin S, Bergman BC. Weight loss reduces intermuscular adipose tissue and liver fat compared to exercise: implications for muscle quality and metabolic health. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Jun 17; 111(7):1994-2007.
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Manirujjaman M, Sanchez-Pino MD, Singh J, Nafees F, Biswas M, Thylur Puttalingaiah R, Heidari S, Wyczechowska D, Garai J, Polania-Villanueva DC, Yu Q, Del Valle L, Miele L, Majumder S, Zabaleta J, Hossain F. Western Diet-Induced Obesity Modulates the Mammary Fat Pad Microenvironment. Cells. 2026 Jun 08; 15(12).
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Reutrakul S, Simon SL, Wang Q, Manoogian ENC, Panda S, Ryu S, Gao Z, Griffiths C, Helgeson E, Mashek DG, Oldenburg N, Chow LS. Relationship Between Sleep and Meal Timing with Glycemia Parameters in Individuals with Obesity Participating in a Randomized Time-Restricted Eating Study. Nutrients. 2026 Jun 05; 18(11).
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Bowen AE, Bernard A, Reich J, Simon SL. Sleep in adolescents with or at risk for type 2 diabetes: perspectives from adolescents and parents. J Pediatr Psychol. 2026 Jun 01; 51(6):494-503.
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Fairfield H, Marinac CR, Hamidi H, Knox K, Nestor B, Marques-Mourlet C, Diaz G, Wong CV, Mishra AK, Schimelman A, Qiang YW, Karam M, Farrell M, Jachimowicz E, Stohn JP, Birmann BM, Cornelius P, Reagan MR. Obesity Accelerates Multiple Myeloma Progression in Certain Mouse Models and in Humans. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2026 Jun 01; 19(6):339-352.
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Ortega-Santos CP, Melanson EL, Bessesen DH, Zhaoxing P, Rynders CA, Bergouignan A. Assessing metabolic flexibility in adults under physiological conditions: Effects of dietary fat and exercise in whole-room calorimetry. Physiol Rep. 2026 Jun; 14(12):e70979.
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Heerspink HJL, van Raalte DH, Bjornstad P, Bunck MC, Wu P, Tunali I, Milicevic Z, Koeneman L. Rationale, design and baseline characteristics of the TRANSCEND-CKD trial of retatrutide in patients with chronic kidney disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2026 May 29; 41(6):1058-1068.
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