"Body Image" 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.
Individuals' concept of their own bodies.
| Descriptor ID |
D001828
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.752.747.792.110 F02.463.593.112
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Image- Body Image
- Body Images
- Image, Body
- Images, Body
Body Representation- Body Representation
- Body Representations
- Representation, Body
- Representations, Body
Body Schema- Body Schema
- Body Schemas
- Schema, Body
- Schemas, Body
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Image" by people in Profiles.
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Exploring Mirror Perspectives Among African American Women Living With Obesity at a Primary Care Clinic in the United States. J Adv Nurs. 2025 Jul; 81(7):4136-4145.
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"Healthy Habits, Healthy Girls-Brazil": an obesity prevention program with added focus on eating disorders. Eat Weight Disord. 2019 Feb; 24(1):107-119.
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Self-weighing behavior in individuals with eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord. 2016 Aug; 49(8):817-21.
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Predictors and moderators of treatment outcome in a randomized clinical trial for adults with symptoms of bulimia nervosa. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2016 Feb; 84(2):178-84.
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Body image and quality of life of breast cancer patients: influence of timing and stage of breast reconstruction. Psychooncology. 2016 09; 25(9):1106-12.
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Extracting body image symptom dimensions among eating disorder patients: the Profile Analysis via Multidimensional Scaling (PAMS) approach. Body Image. 2015 Sep; 15:16-23.
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Screening for body image dissatisfaction in patients with advanced cancer: a pilot study. J Palliat Med. 2015 Feb; 18(2):151-6.
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The relationship between weight and smoking in a national sample of adolescents: Role of gender. J Health Psychol. 2015 Dec; 20(12):1558-67.
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Managing body image difficulties of adult cancer patients. Cancer. 2014 Mar 01; 120(5):633-41.
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Obesity has few effects on future psychosocial functioning of adolescents. Eat Behav. 2013 Apr; 14(2):128-36.