Pediatric Obesity

"Pediatric Obesity" 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.

MeSH information

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BODY MASS INDEX in children (ages 2-12) and in adolescents (ages 13-18) that is grossly above the recommended cut-off for a specific age and sex. For infants less than 2 years of age, obesity is determined based on standard weight-for-length percentile measures.

Descriptor ID	D063766
MeSH Number(s)	C18.654.726.500.720 C23.888.144.699.500.750 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500.750 G07.100.100.160.120.699.500.750
Concept/Terms	Pediatric Obesity Pediatric Obesity Obesity, Pediatric Childhood Obesity Childhood Obesity Obesity, Childhood Childhood Onset Obesity Obesity, Childhood Onset Child Obesity Obesity, Child Childhood Overweight Childhood Overweights Overweight, Childhood Obesity in Childhood Infant Obesity Infant Obesity Obesity, Infant Infant Overweight Overweight, Infant Infantile Obesity Obesity, Infantile Adolescent Obesity Adolescent Obesity Obesity, Adolescent Obesity in Adolescence Adolescent Overweight Overweight, Adolescent

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pediatric Obesity".

Diseases [C]
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18]
Nutrition Disorders [C18.654]
Overnutrition [C18.654.726]
Obesity [C18.654.726.500]
Pediatric Obesity [C18.654.726.500.720]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Body Weight [C23.888.144]
Overweight [C23.888.144.699]
Obesity [C23.888.144.699.500]
Pediatric Obesity [C23.888.144.699.500.750]
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Physical Examination [E01.370.600]
Body Constitution [E01.370.600.115]
Body Weights and Measures [E01.370.600.115.100]
Body Size [E01.370.600.115.100.160]
Body Weight [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120]
Overweight [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699]
Obesity [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500]
Pediatric Obesity [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500.750]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Body Constitution [G07.100]
Body Weights and Measures [G07.100.100]
Body Size [G07.100.100.160]
Body Weight [G07.100.100.160.120]
Overweight [G07.100.100.160.120.699]
Obesity [G07.100.100.160.120.699.500]
Pediatric Obesity [G07.100.100.160.120.699.500.750]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Pediatric Obesity".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Pediatric Obesity".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pediatric Obesity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pediatric Obesity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 60 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2013	0	1	1
2014	2	1	3
2015	4	0	4
2016	7	0	7
2017	3	2	5
2018	11	0	11
2019	5	2	7
2020	7	0	7
2022	4	0	4
2023	7	0	7
2024	2	2	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Pediatric Obesity" by people in Profiles.

Fall F, Pace D, Brothers J, Jaszczyszyn D, Gong J, Purohit M, Sadacharam K, Lang RS, Berman L, Lin C, Reichard K. Utilization of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol in pediatric laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a quality improvement project. Pediatr Surg Int. 2024 Nov 07; 40(1):297.

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Reittinger AM, Dean PN, McCulloch MA, Vergales J. Aortic valve function and aortic dimensions in obese and overweight patients with bicuspid aortic valve. Cardiol Young. 2024 Dec; 34(12):2577-2582.

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Babu Balagopal P, Kohli R, Uppal V, Averill L, Shah C, McGoogan K, Di Guglielmo M, Goran M, Hossain MJ. Effect of N-acetyl cysteine in children with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease-A pilot study. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2024 09; 79(3):652-660.

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Qiu G, Riley JM, Dikdan S, Johnson D, Masood I, Hajduczok AG, Shipon D. Relationship Between Obesity and Youth Athletes' Physical Activity and Exercise-Related Cardiac Symptoms. Child Obes. 2024 10; 20(7):536-542.

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Gladen KM, Tellez D, Napolitano N, Edwards LR, Sanders RC, Kojima T, Malone MP, Shults J, Krawiec C, Ambati S, McCarthy R, Branca A, Polikoff LA, Jung P, Parsons SJ, Mallory PP, Komeswaran K, Page-Goertz C, Toal MC, Bysani GK, Meyer K, Chiusolo F, Glater-Welt LB, Al-Subu A, Biagas K, Hau Lee J, Miksa M, Giuliano JS, Kierys KL, Talukdar AM, DeRusso M, Cucharme-Crevier L, Adu-Arko M, Shenoi AN, Kimura D, Flottman M, Gangu S, Freeman AD, Piehl MD, Nuthall GA, Tarquinio KM, Harwayne-Gidansky I, Hasegawa T, Rescoe ES, Breuer RK, Kasagi M, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A. Adverse Tracheal Intubation Events in Critically Ill Underweight and Obese Children: Retrospective Study of the National Emergency Airway for Children Registry (2013-2020). Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2024 Feb 01; 25(2):147-158.

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Skolnik N. The American Academy of Pediatrics Obesity Guidelines-A Critical Appraisal. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 08 01; 177(8):747-748.

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Kong KL, Lee JK, Shisler S, Thanos PK, Huestis MA, Hawk L, Eiden RD. Prenatal tobacco and cannabis co-exposure and offspring obesity development from birth to mid-childhood. Pediatr Obes. 2023 05; 18(5):e13010.

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Skinner AC, Staiano AE, Armstrong SC, Barkin SL, Hassink SG, Moore JE, Savage JS, Vilme H, Weedn AE, Liebhart J, Lindros J, Reilly EM. Appraisal of Clinical Care Practices for Child Obesity Treatment. Part II: Comorbidities. Pediatrics. 2023 02 01; 151(2).

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Skinner AC, Staiano AE, Armstrong SC, Barkin SL, Hassink SG, Moore JE, Savage JS, Vilme H, Weedn AE, Liebhart J, Lindros J, Reilly EM. Appraisal of Clinical Care Practices for Child Obesity Treatment. Part I: Interventions. Pediatrics. 2023 02 01; 151(2).

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Hampl SE, Hassink SG, Skinner AC, Armstrong SC, Barlow SE, Bolling CF, Avila Edwards KC, Eneli I, Hamre R, Joseph MM, Lunsford D, Mendonca E, Michalsky MP, Mirza N, Ochoa ER, Sharifi M, Staiano AE, Weedn AE, Flinn SK, Lindros J, Okechukwu K. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity. Pediatrics. 2023 02 01; 151(2).

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