"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".
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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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| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Composition" by people in Profiles.
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The proportion of weight gain due to change in fat mass in infants with vs without rapid growth. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2025 Mar; 79(3):237-248.
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Anthropometric prediction models of body composition in 3 to 24month old infants: a multicenter international study. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2024 Nov; 78(11):943-951.
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The effectiveness of exercise prehabilitation on aerobic capacity, muscle strength and body composition in patients with cirrhosis awaiting liver transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Syst Rev. 2024 Sep 03; 13(1):225.
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Results From South Africa's 2022 Healthy Active Kids' Report Card on Physical Activity, Body Composition Proxies, and Nutritional Status in Children and Adolescents. J Phys Act Health. 2024 Sep 01; 21(9):861-871.
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Influence of vitamin D supplementation on growth, body composition, pubertal development and spirometry in South African schoolchildren: a randomised controlled trial (ViDiKids). BMJ Paediatr Open. 2024 Apr 10; 8(1).
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The association of intrauterine and postnatal growth patterns and nutritional status with toddler body composition. BMC Pediatr. 2023 07 06; 23(1):342.
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Infection, nutritional status, and body composition: Associations at birth and 6 months postnatally in Soweto, South Africa. Am J Hum Biol. 2023 09; 35(9):e23914.
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Body composition reference charts for infants from birth to 24 months: Multicenter Infant Body Composition Reference Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 06; 117(6):1262-1269.
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Growth patterns in childhood and adolescence and adult body composition: a pooled analysis of birth cohort studies from five low and middle-income countries (COHORTS collaboration). BMJ Open. 2023 03 15; 13(3):e068427.
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Fat and lean mass predict time to hospital readmission or mortality in children treated for complicated severe acute malnutrition in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Br J Nutr. 2023 09 28; 130(6):1024-1033.