"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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| 1995 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1998 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 1999 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2000 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2002 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2003 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 2004 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2005 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2011 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2012 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2013 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2016 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2017 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2020 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Composition" by people in Profiles.
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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 Feb; 121(2):367-375.
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Association of Computed Tomography Scan-Assessed Body Composition with Immune and PI3K/AKT Pathway Proteins in Distinct Breast Cancer Tumor Components. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Dec 14; 25(24).
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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 Feb; 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 Dec; 12(23):e70124.
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Maternal Glycemic Status and Longitudinal Fetal Body Composition and Organ Volumes Based on Three-Dimensional Ultrasonography. Diabetes Care. 2024 Dec 01; 47(12):2180-2188.
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Body composition in recurrent prostate cancer and the role of steroidogenic genotype. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2024 Dec 01; 31(12).
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Decline in Isotope Dilution Space Ratio Above Age 60 Could Affect Energy Estimates Using the Doubly Labeled Water Method. J Nutr. 2024 Dec; 154(12):3824-3831.
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A PRDM16-driven signal regulates body composition in testosterone-treated hypogonadal men. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024; 15:1426175.
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Race as social determinant of growth and body composition among infants born very preterm. Pediatr Res. 2025 Feb; 97(3):1085-1089.
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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.