Visceral adiposity and insular networks: associations with food craving.
Oren Contreras-RodríguezMarta CanoRaquel Vilar-LópezJacqueline Schmidt Rio-ValleJuan Verdejo-RomanJuan F NavasCristina Martín-PérezFernando Fernandez-ArandaJosé Manuel MenchónCarles Soriano-MasAntonio Verdejo-GarcíaPublished in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2018)
Accumulation of visceral adiposity is linked to disrupted functional connectivity within the mIns and rIns networks. Furthermore, the link between the mIns network and food craving is mediated by visceral fat. Findings suggest that visceral fat disrupts insula coding of bodily homeostatic signals, which may boost externally driven food cravings.