"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,
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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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| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2013 | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| 2014 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2015 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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