"Overweight" 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 above certain standard of acceptable or desirable weight. In the scale of BODY MASS INDEX, overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25.0-29.9 kg/m2. Overweight may or may not be due to increases in body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE), hence overweight does not equal "over fat".
| Descriptor ID |
D050177
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.144.699 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699 G07.100.100.160.120.699
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2017 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2022 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Overweight" by people in Profiles.
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Obesity and Overweight: Probing Causes, Consequences, and Novel Therapeutic Approaches Through the American Heart Association's Strategically Focused Research Network. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Feb 21; 12(4):e027693.
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Two-year effect of semaglutide 2.4?mg on control of eating in adults with overweight/obesity: STEP 5. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 03; 31(3):703-715.
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Prenatal weight and regional body composition trajectories and neonatal body composition: The NICHD Foetal Growth Studies. Pediatr Obes. 2023 03; 18(3):e12994.
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Burden of illness associated with overweight and obesity in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States: analysis of the premier healthcare database from April 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020. J Med Econ. 2023 Jan-Dec; 26(1):376-385.
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Relationship of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use During Pregnancy with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability Among Offspring. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2023 Mar; 32(3):356-365.
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Characterising the prevalence of overweight and obese status among adults with sickle cell disease. Br J Haematol. 2023 03; 200(5):633-642.
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Active vs Traditional Methods of Recruiting Children for a Clinical Trial in Rural Primary Care Clinics: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 11 01; 5(11):e2244040.
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Semaglutide improves cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with overweight or obesity: STEP 1 and 4 exploratory analyses. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2023 02; 25(2):468-478.
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Association between breastfeeding, parents' body mass index and birth weight with obesity indicators in children. BMC Pediatr. 2022 10 18; 22(1):604.
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Two-year effects of semaglutide in adults with overweight or obesity: the STEP 5 trial. Nat Med. 2022 10; 28(10):2083-2091.