Body Size MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Body Size
Tree Number(s): E01.370.600.115.100.160; E05.041.124.160; G07.100.100.160; G07.345.249.314
Unique ID: D049628
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049628
Scope Note: The physical measurements of a body.
Public MeSH Note: 2005; see BODY CONSTITUTION 1984-2004
History Note: 2005; use BODY CONSTITUTION 1984-2004
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2016/01/15

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Diagnosis [E01]
- Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
  - Physical Examination [E01.370.600]
    - Body Constitution [E01.370.600.115]
      - Body Weights and Measures [E01.370.600.115.100]
        
        Body Fat Distribution [E01.370.600.115.100.062]
        
        Body Mass Index [E01.370.600.115.100.125]
        
        Body Size [E01.370.600.115.100.160]
        
        Body Height [E01.370.600.115.100.160.100]
        
        Body Weight [E01.370.600.115.100.160.120]
        
        Sagittal Abdominal Diameter [E01.370.600.115.100.160.340]
        
        Waist Circumference [E01.370.600.115.100.160.560]
        
        Waist-Height Ratio [E01.370.600.115.100.160.780]
        
        Body Surface Area [E01.370.600.115.100.231]
        
        Organ Size [E01.370.600.115.100.660]
        
        Skinfold Thickness [E01.370.600.115.100.803]
        
        Waist-Hip Ratio [E01.370.600.115.100.960]

Investigative Techniques [E05]
- Anthropometry [E05.041]
  - Body Weights and Measures [E05.041.124]

Physiological Phenomena [G07]
- Body Constitution [G07.100]
  - Body Weights and Measures [G07.100.100]

Physiological Phenomena [G07]
- Growth and Development [G07.345]
  - Growth [G07.345.249]

Body Size Preferred

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