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MeSH Heading: Obesity, Morbid
Tree Number(s): C18.654.726.750.500.700; C23.888.144.699.500.500
Unique ID: D009767
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009767
Annotation: /surg: consider also BARIATRIC SURGERY
Scope Note: The condition of weighing two, three, or more times the ideal weight, so called because it is associated with many serious and life-threatening disorders. In the BODY MASS INDEX, morbid obesity is defined as having a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2.
Entry Term(s): Morbid Obesity; Obesity, Severe
NLM Classification #: QU 250
Previous Indexing: Obesity (1966-1986)
See Also: Biliopancreatic Diversion; Gastric Balloon; Gastric Bypass; Gastroplasty; Jejunoileal Bypass
Public MeSH Note: 87
History Note: 87
Date Established: 1987/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/04/18
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)

Obesity, Morbid MeSH Descriptor Data 2025