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MeSH Heading: Pediatric Obesity
Tree Number(s): C18.654.726.750.500.720; C23.888.144.699.500.750
Unique ID: D063766
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D063766
Scope Note: BODY MASS INDEX in children (ages 2-12) and in adolescents (ages 13-18) that is grossly above the recommended cut-off for a specific age and sex. For infants less than 2 years of age, obesity is determined based on standard weight-for-length percentile measures.
Entry Term(s): Adolescent Obesity; Adolescent Overweight; Child Obesity; Childhood Obesity; Childhood Onset Obesity; Childhood Overweight; Infant Obesity; Infant Overweight; Infantile Obesity; Obesity in Adolescence; Obesity in Childhood
Previous Indexing: Obesity (1963-2013)
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Revision Date: 2021/07/07

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0578215
Scope Note: BODY MASS INDEX in children (ages 2-12) and in adolescents (ages 13-18) that is grossly above the recommended cut-off for a specific age and sex. For infants less than 2 years of age, obesity is determined based on standard weight-for-length percentile measures.
Terms: Pediatric Obesity Preferred Term
Term UI T831720
Date10/18/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Obesity in Childhood
Term UI T830041
Date09/21/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Childhood Onset Obesity
Term UI T836116
Date01/22/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Child Obesity
Term UI T836115
Date01/22/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Childhood Obesity
Term UI T830040
Date09/21/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014)

Pediatric Obesity MeSH Descriptor Data 2024