"Weight Loss" 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.
Decrease in existing BODY WEIGHT.
| Descriptor ID |
D015431
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.144.243.963 G07.700.320.249.314.120.200.963
|
| Concept/Terms |
Weight Loss- Weight Loss
- Loss, Weight
- Losses, Weight
- Weight Losses
- Weight Reduction
- Reduction, Weight
- Reductions, Weight
- Weight Reductions
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Weight Loss".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Weight Loss" by people in this website by year, and whether "Weight Loss" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2007 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2008 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2009 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2011 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 2012 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2013 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2015 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2016 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2017 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2020 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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