Weight Loss

"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.

MeSH information

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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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Weight Loss".

Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Body Weight [C23.888.144]
Body Weight Changes [C23.888.144.243]
Weight Loss [C23.888.144.243.963]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Physiological Processes [G07.700]
Growth and Development [G07.700.320]
Growth [G07.700.320.249]
Body Size [G07.700.320.249.314]
Body Weight [G07.700.320.249.314.120]
Body Weight Changes [G07.700.320.249.314.120.200]
Weight Loss [G07.700.320.249.314.120.200.963]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Weight Loss".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Weight Loss".

Weight Loss
Emaciation

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Weight Loss" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Weight Loss" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 1189 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 106 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1990	1	4	5
1991	0	4	4
1992	5	1	6
1993	2	2	4
1994	0	2	2
1995	5	7	12
1996	3	5	8
1997	3	6	9
1998	4	3	7
1999	8	7	15
2000	4	7	11
2001	12	14	26
2002	16	10	26
2003	14	16	30
2004	12	18	30
2005	19	16	35
2006	16	26	42
2007	15	29	44
2008	22	29	51
2009	26	24	50
2010	30	25	55
2011	39	36	75
2012	31	46	77
2013	32	43	75
2014	42	47	89
2015	40	38	78
2016	46	42	88
2017	48	58	106
2018	44	43	87
2019	13	26	39
2020	0	3	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Weight Loss" by people in Profiles.

D'Silva K, Vaidya A, Smithy JW, Anderson WJ, Cockrill B. A Rapid Change in Pressure. N Engl J Med. 2020 01 30; 382(5):e8.

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Lowe RC, Chu JN, Pierce TT, Weil AA, Branda JA. Case 3-2020: A 44-Year-Old Man with Weight Loss, Diarrhea, and Abdominal Pain. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jan 23; 382(4):365-374.

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Fasano A, Leonard MM, Mitchell DM, Eng G. Case 1-2020: An 11-Year-Old Boy with Vomiting and Weight Loss. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jan 09; 382(2):180-189.

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Faleschini S, Millar L, Rifas-Shiman SL, Skouteris H, Hivert MF, Oken E. Women's perceived social support: associations with postpartum weight retention, health behaviors and depressive symptoms. BMC Womens Health. 2019 11 21; 19(1):143.

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Perakakis N, Kokkinos A, Peradze N, Tentolouris N, Ghaly W, Pilitsi E, Upadhyay J, Alexandrou A, Mantzoros CS. Circulating levels of gastrointestinal hormones in response to the most common types of bariatric surgery and predictive value for weight loss over one year: Evidence from two independent trials. Metabolism. 2019 12; 101:153997.

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Bazerbachi F, Vargas EJ, Abu Dayyeh BK. Endoscopic Bariatric Therapy: A Guide to the Intragastric Balloon. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 09; 114(9):1421-1431.

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Satija A, Malik V, Rimm EB, Sacks F, Willett W, Hu FB. Changes in intake of plant-based diets and weight change: results from 3 prospective cohort studies. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 09 01; 110(3):574-582.

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Bray GA, Krauss RM, Sacks FM, Qi L. Lessons Learned from the POUNDS Lost Study: Genetic, Metabolic, and Behavioral Factors Affecting Changes in Body Weight, Body Composition, and Cardiometabolic Risk. Curr Obes Rep. 2019 Sep; 8(3):262-283.

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Wang T, Heianza Y, Sun D, Zheng Y, Huang T, Ma W, Rimm EB, Manson JE, Hu FB, Willett WC, Qi L. Improving fruit and vegetable intake attenuates the genetic association with long-term weight gain. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 09 01; 110(3):759-768.

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Rillon P, Château F, Klassen A, Tsangaris E, Geneviève P, De Coninck C. French translation and linguistic validation of a new Patient Reported Outcome instrument: the BODY-Q: A description of the process. Psychiatr Danub. 2019 Sep; 31(Suppl 3):406-410.

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