"Body Mass Index" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| 1995 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1996 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2001 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2002 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2003 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2004 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| 2006 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 2007 | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 2008 | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| 2009 | 5 | 22 | 27 |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 2011 | 2 | 30 | 32 |
| 2012 | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 2013 | 8 | 32 | 40 |
| 2014 | 8 | 36 | 44 |
| 2015 | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| 2016 | 3 | 25 | 28 |
| 2017 | 7 | 26 | 33 |
| 2018 | 4 | 30 | 34 |
| 2019 | 10 | 22 | 32 |
| 2020 | 6 | 19 | 25 |
| 2021 | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| 2022 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2023 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Mass Index" by people in Profiles.
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Secular trends in BMI, excess weight and body fat skinfolds in Peruvian children living at high altitude. Ann Hum Biol. 2025 Dec; 52(1):2494565.
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Grandmaternal perinatal serum polychlorinated biphenyls and prevalence of obesity in adult daughters and granddaughters. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Jun; 33(6):1165-1175.
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GLP-1 RA and dual GIP/GLP-1 RA treatment in MODY: a descriptive case series. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2025 Apr 23; 13(2).
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Reproductive and Hormonal Factors and Thyroid Cancer Risk: Pooled Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies in the Asia Cohort Consortium. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2025 Apr 01; 18(4):209-221.
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Missense variants in FRS3 affect body mass index in populations of diverse ancestries. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 25; 16(1):2694.
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Multiomics reveal key inflammatory drivers of severe obesity: IL4R, LILRA5, and OSM. Cell Genom. 2025 Mar 12; 5(3):100784.
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Trajectories and predictors of maternal eating behaviors across the first year postpartum: The role of women's childhood trauma in emotional, external and restraint eating. Eat Behav. 2025 Jan; 56:101946.
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Loop duodenal switch confers more complications with little gain of weight loss compared to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Endosc. 2025 02; 39(2):1261-1268.
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Efficacy and Safety of GLP-1 Agonists on Metabolic Parameters in Non-diabetic Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2024 Dec; 69(12):4437-4445.
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Subcutaneous emphysema in patients undergoing robotic cardiac surgery: risk factors and clinical outcome. J Robot Surg. 2024 Nov 05; 18(1):395.