"Body Weight" 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.
The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.
| Descriptor ID |
D001835
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.144 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120 E05.041.124.160.750 G07.100.100.160.120 G07.345.249.314.120
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Weight- Body Weight
- Body Weights
- Weight, Body
- Weights, Body
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Body Weight" by people in this website by year, and whether "Body Weight" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2007 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2015 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Weight" by people in Profiles.
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Greater intrinsic motivation for engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviors is associated with reduced postpartum weight. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 May; 33(5):927-935.
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Non-caloric sweetener effects on brain appetite regulation in individuals across varying body weights. Nat Metab. 2025 Mar; 7(3):574-585.
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Utilization of locally estimated scatterplot smoothing (LOESS) regression to estimate missing weights in a longitudinal cohort of breast cancer patients. Ann Epidemiol. 2025 Apr; 104:55-60.
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Anthropometric Measures Among Children and Teens With Classic 46,XX Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Relation to Improvements in Diagnosis and Care. Endocr Pract. 2024 Dec; 30(12):1188-1196.
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Associations of Post-Diagnosis Lifestyle with Prognosis in Women with Invasive Breast Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 07 05; 32(7):963-975.
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Association of High Normal Body Weight in Youths With Risk of Hypertension. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 03 01; 6(3):e231987.
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Weight stability masks changes in body composition in colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 06 01; 113(6):1482-1489.
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The Accuracy of Self-Reported Body Weight Is High but Dependent on Recent Weight Change and Negative Affect in Teenage Girls. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 11 06; 17(21).
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Patient Characteristics Are Not Associated With Documentation of Weight and Heart Failure Related Sign and Symptom Assessment in Skilled Nursing Facilities. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 06; 22(6):1265-1270.e1.
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Comparative Effectiveness of 2 Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Programs in the Workplace: The City and County of San Francisco Diabetes Prevention Trial. Prev Chronic Dis. 2020 05 28; 17:E38.