Abstract
Background Obesity is a complex disease that causes health complications and mortality. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) classified obesity as a disease and introduced guidelines for diagnosis. To understand complex relationships among all contributing factors, we have developed the ObNet (Network of Semantic Association for Obesity). The concepts were adopted from ARIANA [1,2]. The Local Latent Semantic Analysis tool [3], developed in the CVPIA lab, was used to extract network of semantic associations. Web services and visualization were developed to display the associations in a flexible network form that is easy to interact.
Highlights
Obesity is a complex disease that causes health complications and mortality
Materials and methods In this pilot study, 198 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms were selected as potential risk factors by a clinician that specializes in weight gain and obesity
A relevance model [1] was adopted to categorize associations in three groups: Clear Association, Established Concepts, and Current Research Topics
Summary
Obesity is a complex disease that causes health complications and mortality. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) classified obesity as a disease and introduced guidelines for diagnosis. To understand complex relationships among all contributing factors, we have developed the ObNet (Network of Semantic Association for Obesity). The Local Latent Semantic Analysis tool [3], developed in the CVPIA lab, was used to extract network of semantic associations. Web services and visualization were developed to display the associations in a flexible network form that is easy to interact. Evaluated by a field expert: dietary fat, adults, and attitude to health. Tan et al [4] investigated the anti-metabolic disorder effects of kumquat (Fortunella margarita Swingle) fruit extract (FME) on high-fat diet-induced C57BL/6 obese mice. In a recent investigation, the impacts of neighborhood park access and quality on body mass index among adults in New York City were measured [6]
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