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Descriptor English: Obesity, Abdominal
Descriptor Spanish: Obesidad Abdominal
Descriptor obesidad abdominal
Entry term(s) obesidad central
obesidad toracoabdominal
obesidad troncular
Scope note: Estado de exceso de grasa en el abdomen. La obesidad abdominal se define habitualmente como una circunferencia de cintura de 102 centímetros (40 pulgadas) o más en los hombres y de 88 centímetros (35 pulgadas) o más en las mujeres. La obesidad abdominal aumenta el riesgo de desarrollo de trastornos tales como la DIABETES, la HIPERTENSIÓN y el SÍNDROME METABÓLICO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Obesidade Abdominal
Descriptor French: Obésité abdominale
Entry term(s): Abdominal Obesities
Abdominal Obesity
Central Obesities
Central Obesity
Obesities, Abdominal
Obesities, Central
Obesities, Visceral
Obesity, Central
Obesity, Visceral
Visceral Obesities
Visceral Obesity
Tree number(s): C18.654.726.750.500.615
C23.888.144.699.500.063
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056128
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Obesity (1966-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
Related: Abdominal Fat MeSH
DeCS ID: 53563
Unique ID: D056128
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Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2019/05/30
Obesity, Abdominal - Preferred
Concept UI M0525824
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Obesity, Abdominal
Entry term(s) Abdominal Obesities
Abdominal Obesity
Central Obesities
Central Obesity
Obesities, Abdominal
Obesities, Central
Obesity, Central
Obesity, Visceral - Narrower
Concept UI M0538988
Scope note Obesity due to excessive deposition of INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT in the abdominal VISCERA and OMENTUM.
Preferred term Obesity, Visceral
Entry term(s) Obesities, Visceral
Visceral Obesities
Visceral Obesity



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