"Obesity, Abdominal" 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.
A condition of having excess fat in the abdomen. Abdominal obesity is typically defined as waist circumferences of 40 inches or more in men and 35 inches or more in women. Abdominal obesity raises the risk of developing disorders, such as diabetes, hypertension and METABOLIC SYNDROME.
| Descriptor ID |
D056128
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.726.500.697 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500.249 G07.100.100.160.120.699.500.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Obesity, Abdominal- Obesity, Abdominal
- Abdominal Obesities
- Obesities, Abdominal
- Abdominal Obesity
- Central Obesity
- Central Obesities
- Obesities, Central
- Obesity, Central
Obesity, Visceral- Obesity, Visceral
- Visceral Obesity
- Obesities, Visceral
- Visceral Obesities
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity, Abdominal" by people in Profiles.
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Overall and central obesity and prostate cancer risk in African men. Cancer Causes Control. 2022 Feb; 33(2):223-239.
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Compliance With Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Guidelines and Associations With Abdominal Adiposity in a Sample of Infants and Toddlers From Soweto, South Africa. J Phys Act Health. 2019 10 01; 16(12):872-879.
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The associations between adult body composition and abdominal adiposity outcomes, and relative weight gain and linear growth from birth to age 22 in the Birth to Twenty Plus cohort, South Africa. PLoS One. 2018; 13(1):e0190483.
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Visceral adiposity is a predictor of parathyroid hormone levels in healthy adults. J Endocrinol Invest. 2016 Apr; 39(4):447-53.
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Longitudinal Changes in Body Fat and Its Distribution in Relation to Cardiometabolic Risk in Black South African Women. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2015 Nov; 13(9):381-8.
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The effect of exercise on obesity, body fat distribution and risk for type 2 diabetes. Med Sport Sci. 2014; 60:82-93.
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Dual-energy X-ray performs as well as clinical computed tomography for the measurement of visceral fat. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 May; 20(5):1109-14.
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Predictors of adolescent weight status and central obesity in rural South Africa. Public Health Nutr. 2011 Jun; 14(6):1114-22.
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Waist circumference, BMI, and visceral adipose tissue in white women and women of African descent. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Mar; 19(3):671-4.
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Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and anthropometric estimates of visceral fat in Black and White South African Women. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Mar; 18(3):619-24.