"Body Mass Index" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An indicator of body density as determined by the relationship of BODY WEIGHT to BODY HEIGHT. BMI=weight (kg)/height squared (m2). BMI correlates with body fat (ADIPOSE TISSUE). Their relationship varies with age and gender. For adults, BMI falls into these categories: below 18.5 (underweight); 18.5-24.9 (normal); 25.0-29.9 (overweight); 30.0 and above (obese). (National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
| Descriptor ID |
D015992
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.125 E05.041.124.125 G07.100.100.125 N06.850.505.200.100.175
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Mass Index- Body Mass Index
- Index, Body Mass
- Quetelet Index
- Index, Quetelet
- Quetelet's Index
- Quetelets Index
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1995 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1996 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 1999 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2000 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2001 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2002 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2003 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2004 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 2005 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 2006 | 4 | 25 | 29 |
| 2007 | 9 | 27 | 36 |
| 2008 | 10 | 26 | 36 |
| 2009 | 10 | 25 | 35 |
| 2010 | 8 | 28 | 36 |
| 2011 | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| 2012 | 12 | 22 | 34 |
| 2013 | 9 | 35 | 44 |
| 2014 | 10 | 32 | 42 |
| 2015 | 13 | 35 | 48 |
| 2016 | 15 | 29 | 44 |
| 2017 | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 2020 | 4 | 24 | 28 |
| 2021 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2023 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Mass Index" by people in Profiles.
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Interventions for Weight Management in Children and Adolescents: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA. 2024 Jul 16; 332(3):233-248.
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City-Level Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes and Youth Body Mass Index Percentile. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 01; 7(7):e2424822.
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Intrapartum exposure to synthetic oxytocin, maternal BMI, and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children within the ECHO consortium. J Neurodev Disord. 2024 May 26; 16(1):26.
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Bariatric Surgery and the Long-Term Risk of Venous Thromboembolism: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Obes Surg. 2024 Jun; 34(6):2017-2025.
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Pregnancy health in a multi-state U.S. population of systemically underserved patients and their children: PROMISE cohort design and baseline characteristics. BMC Public Health. 2024 Mar 23; 24(1):886.
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Childhood maltreatment and trajectories of cardiometabolic health across the reproductive life span among individuals with a first birth during the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Prev Med. 2024 Mar; 180:107894.
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Characterizing obesity in a large health care delivery system. Am J Manag Care. 2023 11; 29(11):558-564.
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Smoking status and the association between patient-level factors and survival among lung cancer patients. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 08 08; 115(8):937-948.
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Prepregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain, and susceptibility to autism-related traits: the EARLI and HOME studies. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 05; 31(5):1415-1424.
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Higher body mass index after intrapartum antibiotic exposure in children persists over 10-years. Pediatr Obes. 2023 07; 18(7):e13035.