"Body Composition" 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.
The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat.
| Descriptor ID |
D001823
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.130 G03.180 G07.100.049
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| Concept/Terms |
Body Composition- Body Composition
- Body Compositions
- Composition, Body
- Compositions, Body
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Body Composition".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Body Composition".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Body Composition" by people in this website by year, and whether "Body Composition" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1998 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 1999 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2000 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2002 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2003 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| 2004 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2005 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2010 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2011 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2012 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2013 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2014 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2015 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2020 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2021 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2022 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2025 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2026 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Composition" by people in Profiles.
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Adverse effect of obesity and dysglycemia on bone microarchitecture and strength in youth: sex-related differences. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Jul 15; 111(8):e1983-e1993.
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Fetal Body Composition in Twins and Singletons. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 06 01; 179(6):630-638.
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Relationship between gestational weight gain with fetal body composition and organ volumes in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Fetal Dimensional Study: a prospective pregnancy cohort. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 02; 121(2):367-375.
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Prediction models of basal energy expenditure in children and adolescents across the BMI spectrum based on room calorimetry: a cross-sectional cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 02; 121(2):284-292.
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Health implications of racial differences in serum growth differentiation factor levels among men with obesity. Physiol Rep. 2024 12; 12(23):e70124.
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Latin dance and Qigong/Tai Chi effects on physical activity and body composition in breast cancer survivors: A pilot study. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2022 May; 47:101554.
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Reevaluation of the effect of dietary restriction on different recombinant inbred lines of male and female mice. Aging Cell. 2021 11; 20(11):e13500.
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Ube2i deletion in adipocytes causes lipoatrophy in mice. Mol Metab. 2021 06; 48:101221.
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Adiposity, reproductive and metabolic health, and activity levels in zoo Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). J Exp Biol. 2021 01 26; 224(Pt 2).
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The relationship of sleep duration and quality to energy expenditure and physical activity in children. Pediatr Obes. 2021 06; 16(6):e12751.