Body Size

"Body Size" 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.

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The physical measurements of a body.

Descriptor ID	D049628
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.600.115.100.160 E05.041.124.160 G07.100.100.160 G07.345.249.314
Concept/Terms	Body Size Body Size Body Sizes Size, Body Sizes, Body

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Body Size".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
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 Size [E01.370.600.115.100.160]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Anthropometry [E05.041]
Body Weights and Measures [E05.041.124]
Body Size [E05.041.124.160]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Body Constitution [G07.100]
Body Weights and Measures [G07.100.100]
Body Size [G07.100.100.160]
Growth and Development [G07.345]
Growth [G07.345.249]
Body Size [G07.345.249.314]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Body Size".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Body Size".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Body Size" by people in this website by year, and whether "Body Size" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 38 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	0	1	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	1	2
2007	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	2	3
2011	0	3	3
2012	1	1	2
2013	0	1	1
2014	3	2	5
2015	1	1	2
2016	1	2	3
2017	1	1	2
2020	0	2	2
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1
2024	1	3	4
2025	1	2	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Body Size" by people in Profiles.

Sassano M, Nalini M, Seyyedsalehi MS, Roshandel G, Poustchi H, Khoshnia M, Kamangar F, Dawsey SM, Abnet C, Malekzadeh R, Boffetta P, Etemadi A. Body size and occupational physical activity during the life course and gastrointestinal cancers. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Dec 02; 194(12):3451-3463.

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Mohl JE, Brown PD, Robbins AJ, Lavretsky P, Hochberg R, Wallace RL, Walsh EJ. Comparing Small and Large Genomes Within Monogonont Rotifers. Genome Biol Evol. 2025 Mar 06; 17(3).

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Davies N, Lafleur A, Hochberg R, Walsh EJ, Wallace RL. Key to sessile gnesiotrochan rotifers: Lacinularia and Sinantherina (Monogononta; Flosculariidae). Zootaxa. 2025 Jan 22; 5575(1):177-193.

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Porter M, Barton DP, Williams J, Randall J, Ovaskainen O, Crook DA, Shamsi S. Influence of body size and environmental conditions on parasite assemblages of the black-spotted croaker (Protonibea diacanthus) (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) in northern Australia. Parasitology. 2024 Jul; 151(8):864-874.

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Lafleur A, Davies N, Hochberg R, Walsh EJ, Wallace RL. Key to sessile gnesiotrochan rotifers: Floscularia (Monogononta; Flosculariidae). Zootaxa. 2024 Jun 20; 5471(4):401-421.

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Popovici OA, Fallahzadeh M, Saghaei N, Copeland R, Talamas E. A new species-group in Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) takes shape. Zootaxa. 2024 Jun 05; 5463(2):201-214.

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Hughes DF, Behangana M, Lukwago W, Menegon M, Dehling JM, Wagner P, Tilbury CR, South T, Kusamba C, Greenbaum E. Taxonomy of the Rhampholeon boulengeri Complex (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae): Five New Species from Central Africa's Albertine Rift. Zootaxa. 2024 May 30; 5458(4):451-494.

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Odutola MK, van Leeuwen MT, Turner J, Bruinsma F, Seymour JF, Prince HM, Milliken ST, Hertzberg M, Trotman J, Opat SS, Lindeman R, Roncolato F, Verner E, Harvey M, Tiley C, Underhill CR, Benke G, Giles GG, Vajdic CM. Associations between early-life growth pattern and body size and follicular lymphoma risk and survival: a family-based case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol. 2022 10; 80:102241.

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Arner AM, Grogan KE, Grabowski M, Reyes-Centeno H, Perry GH. Patterns of recent natural selection on genetic loci associated with sexually differentiated human body size and shape phenotypes. PLoS Genet. 2021 06; 17(6):e1009562.

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LeMay-Nedjelski L, Butcher J, Ley SH, Asbury MR, Hanley AJ, Kiss A, Unger S, Copeland JK, Wang PW, Zinman B, Stintzi A, O'Connor DL. Examining the relationship between maternal body size, gestational glucose tolerance status, mode of delivery and ethnicity on human milk microbiota at three months post-partum. BMC Microbiol. 2020 07 20; 20(1):219.

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