"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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| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2008 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2013 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2014 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2015 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2017 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Overweight" by people in Profiles.
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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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Hemoglobin A1c and Type 2 Diabetes Incidence Among Adolescents With Overweight and Obesity. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jan 02; 7(1):e2351322.
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The Pathways to Prevention program: nutrition as prevention for improved cancer outcomes. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 08 08; 115(8):886-895.
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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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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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Association of serum folate levels during pregnancy and prenatal depression. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2023 Dec; 36(1):1-4.
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Changes in 24-Hour Movement Behaviors From Early to Late Pregnancy in Individuals With Prepregnancy Overweight or Obesity. J Phys Act Health. 2022 12 01; 19(12):842-846.
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Associations Between Rurality, pre-pregnancy Health Status, and Macrosomia in American Indian/Alaska Native Populations. Matern Child Health J. 2022 Dec; 26(12):2454-2465.
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Relationships between physical activity, healthy eating and cortical thickness in children and young adults. Brain Imaging Behav. 2022 Dec; 16(6):2690-2704.
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Prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes vary by ethnicity among U.S. Asian adults at healthy weight, overweight, and obesity ranges: an electronic health record study. BMC Public Health. 2022 10 22; 22(1):1954.