"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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.144.243.963 G07.345.249.314.120.200.963
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| Concept/Terms |
Weight Loss- Weight Loss
- Loss, Weight
- Losses, Weight
- Weight Losses
- Weight Reduction
- Reduction, Weight
- Reductions, Weight
- Weight Reductions
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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 |
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| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2007 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2008 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2009 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2010 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2011 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 2014 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2017 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2019 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2020 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2021 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2022 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 2023 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Weight Loss" by people in Profiles.
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Tirzepatide for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity. N Engl J Med. 2025 Jan 30; 392(5):427-437.
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Updates in pharmacotherapy of obesity. J Natl Med Assoc. 2024 Oct; 116(5):576-587.
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Living together-does it help or hinder the pursuit of a healthful diet, physical activity, and weight loss among cancer survivors and their chosen partners? Support Care Cancer. 2024 Oct 03; 32(10):700.
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Curbing the Obesity Epidemic: Should GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Be the Standard of Care for Obesity? Curr Cardiol Rep. 2024 Sep; 26(9):1011-1019.
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Investigation of setmelanotide, an MC4R agonist, for obesity in individuals with Smith-Magenis syndrome. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2024 Jul-Aug; 18(4):301-307.
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Gastric bypass revisional surgery: percentage total body weight loss differences among three different techniques. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2024 May 04; 409(1):151.
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What weight changes really happened during COVID-19 among older adults? J Nutr Health Aging. 2024 04; 28(4):100221.
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Exposure to 4,4'-DDE in visceral adipose tissue and weight loss in adolescents from the Teen-LABS cohort. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 05; 32(5):1023-1032.
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Design and conduct of a randomized controlled feeding trial in a residential setting with mitigation for COVID-19. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 05; 140:107490.
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Vision Impairment and Frailty Among Mexican American Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study. J Appl Gerontol. 2024 06; 43(6):755-764.