Weight Loss MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Weight Loss
Tree Number(s): C23.888.144.243.963; G07.345.249.314.120.200.963
Unique ID: D015431
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015431
Scope Note: Decrease in existing BODY WEIGHT.
Entry Term(s): Weight Reduction
Previous Indexing: Body Weight (1966-1988)
See Also: Thinness
Public MeSH Note: 89; was see BODY WEIGHT 1966-88
Online Note: search BODY WEIGHT 1966-88
History Note: 89; was see BODY WEIGHT 1966-88
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/06/08
Revision Date: 2016/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
- Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
  - Body Weight [C23.888.144]
    - Body Weight Changes [C23.888.144.243]

Physiological Phenomena [G07]
- Growth and Development [G07.345]
  - Growth [G07.345.249]
    - Body Size [G07.345.249.314]
      - Body Weight [G07.345.249.314.120]
        
        Body Weight Changes [G07.345.249.314.120.200]
        
        Body-Weight Trajectory [G07.345.249.314.120.200.463]
        
        Weight Gain [G07.345.249.314.120.200.926]
        
        Weight Loss [G07.345.249.314.120.200.963]
        
        Weight Cycling [G07.345.249.314.120.200.963.500]

Weight Loss Preferred

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