"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 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity" by people in Profiles.
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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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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.
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Targeting IRE1a improves insulin sensitivity and thermogenesis and suppresses metabolically active adipose tissue macrophages in male obese mice. Elife. 2025 Apr 17; 13.
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Dietary oleic acid drives obesogenic adipogenesis via modulation of LXRa signaling. Cell Rep. 2025 Apr 22; 44(4):115527.
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The impact of obesity on first-trimester pregnancy dating using ultrasound: a retrospective cohort study. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2025 Dec; 38(1):2466060.
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Sexually dimorphic metabolic effects of a high fat diet on knee osteoarthritis in mice. Biol Sex Differ. 2024 Dec 05; 15(1):103.