 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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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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| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2010 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2011 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2012 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2013 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2014 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity" by people in Profiles.
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Shakhnovich V, Brian Smith P, Guptill JT, James LP, Collier DN, Wu H, Livingston CE, Zhao J, Kearns GL, Cohen-Wolkowiez M. A Population-Based Pharmacokinetic Model Approach to Pantoprazole Dosing for Obese Children and Adolescents. Paediatr Drugs. 2018 Oct; 20(5):483-495.
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Lalan S, Jiang S, Ng DK, Kupferman F, Warady BA, Furth S, Mitsnefes MM. Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Metabolic Syndrome, and Chronic Kidney Disease Progression in Children. J Pediatr. 2018 11; 202:163-170.
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Shakhnovich V, Smith PB, Wu H, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Kearns GL. Reply. J Pediatr. 2018 07; 198:327-328.
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Falck RS, Best JR, Drenowatz C, Hand GA, Shook RP, Lavie CJ, Blair SN. Psychosocial Determinants of Weight Loss Among Young Adults With Overweight and Obesity: HOW DOES DRIVE FOR THINNESS AFFECT WEIGHT LOSS? J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2018 03; 38(2):104-110.
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Groller KD, Teel C, Stegenga KH, El Chaar M. Patient perspectives about bariatric surgery unveil experiences, education, satisfaction, and recommendations for improvement. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018 06; 14(6):785-796.
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Habibian JS, Jefic M, Bagchi RA, Lane RH, McKnight RA, McKinsey TA, Morrison RF, Ferguson BS. DUSP5 functions as a feedback regulator of TNFa-induced ERK1/2 dephosphorylation and inflammatory gene expression in adipocytes. Sci Rep. 2017 10 10; 7(1):12879.
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Jones GL, McClellan W, Raman S, Sherman A, Guest E, August K. Parental Perceptions of Obesity and Obesity Risk Associated With Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2017 07; 39(5):370-375.
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Tripicchio GL, Borner KB, Odar Stough C, Poppert Cordts K, Dreyer Gillette M, Davis AM. Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Sizing Me Up: Validation of an Obesity-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Measure in Latino Youth. J Pediatr Psychol. 2017 05 01; 42(4):457-465.
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Smith MJ, Gonzalez D, Goldman JL, Yogev R, Sullivan JE, Reed MD, Anand R, Martz K, Berezny K, Benjamin DK, Smith PB, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Watt K. Pharmacokinetics of Clindamycin in Obese and Nonobese Children. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 04; 61(4).
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Chen W, Ducharme-Smith K, Davis L, Hui WF, Warady BA, Furth SL, Abraham AG, Betoko A. Dietary sources of energy and nutrient intake among children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol. 2017 Jul; 32(7):1233-1241.
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