 Overweight
"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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".
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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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| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Overweight" by people in Profiles.
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Hernandez DC, Reesor L, Murillo R. Gender Disparities in the Food Insecurity-Overweight and Food Insecurity-Obesity Paradox among Low-Income Older Adults. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2017 Jul; 117(7):1087-1096.
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Murillo R, Ali SA, Carmack C, Doss D. Activity and Weight Misperception among Overweight and Obese US Adults. Am J Health Behav. 2016 Jan; 40(1):12-20.
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Matthews-Ewald MR, Posada A, Wiesner M, Olvera N. An exploratory factor analysis of the Parenting strategies for Eating and physical Activity Scale (PEAS) for use in Hispanic mothers of adolescent and preadolescent daughters with overweight. Eat Behav. 2015 Dec; 19:193-9.
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Meng H, O'Connor DP, Lee BC, Layne CS, Gorniak SL. Effects of adiposity on postural control and cognition. Gait Posture. 2016 Jan; 43:31-7.
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Frankel L, Fisher JO, Power TG, Chen TA, Cross MB, Hughes SO. Confirmatory factor analysis of the Feeding Emotions Scale. A measure of parent emotions in the context of feeding. Appetite. 2015 Aug; 91:107-13.
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Power TG, Hughes SO, Goodell LS, Johnson SL, Duran JA, Williams K, Beck AD, Frankel LA. Feeding practices of low-income mothers: how do they compare to current recommendations? Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2015 Mar 07; 12:34.
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Moreno JP, Johnston CA, Chen TA, O'Connor TA, Hughes SO, Baranowski J, Woehler D, Baranowski T. Seasonal variability in weight change during elementary school. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 Feb; 23(2):422-8.
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Farris SG, Zvolensky MJ, Robles Z, Schmidt NB. Examining substance use and affective processes as multivariate risk factors associated with overweight body mass among treatment-seeking smokers. Psychol Health Med. 2015; 20(7):846-57.
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Yu Y, Rajan SS, Essien EJ, Yang M, Abughosh S. The relationship between obesity and prescription of smoking cessation medications. Popul Health Manag. 2014 Jun; 17(3):172-9.
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Rodriguez AX, Olvera N, Leung P, O'Connor DP, Smith DW. Association between the summer season and body fatness and aerobic fitness among Hispanic children. J Sch Health. 2014 Apr; 84(4):233-8.
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