"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2007 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2008 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2009 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2010 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2011 | 19 | 3 | 22 |
| 2012 | 18 | 7 | 25 |
| 2013 | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| 2014 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 2015 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4 | 32 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| 2018 | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5 | 27 |
| 2020 | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 2021 | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| 2022 | 4 | 22 | 26 |
| 2023 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity" by people in Profiles.
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Maternal exercise during lactation remodels obesity-associated mammary metabolism and milk fatty acids, enhancing offspring lipid oxidation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2026 May 01; 330(5):E541-E561.
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Large adipocytes increase vesicle-mediated lipid release and promote breast cancer malignancy. Cell Rep. 2026 Mar 24; 45(3):117061.
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Maternal obesity decreases offspring lifespan. Mol Metab. 2026 Mar; 105:102333.
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Underdocumentation of Obesity in the National Inpatient Sample. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2026 Feb; 34(2):329-333.
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Effect of obesity and exercise training on circulating lipids in American Indian adolescents. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0338547.
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Impact of Diet and Maternal Obesity on Human Milk Hyaluronan. Nutrients. 2025 Nov 14; 17(22).
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GLP-1 receptor agonists and cancer: current clinical evidence and translational opportunities for preclinical research. J Clin Invest. 2025 Nov 03; 135(21).
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Lifestyle data-based multiclass obesity prediction with interpretable ensemble models incorporating SHAP and LIME analysis. Sci Rep. 2025 Oct 22; 15(1):36916.
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Adipose cullin 3 mediates the antiobesity effect of pan neddylation inhibitors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Oct 28; 122(43):e2515947122.
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Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries. Nat Med. 2025 Sep; 31(9):3151-3168.