Summary

Visceral obesity is associated with a variety of conditions that increases the risk developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease [Kissebah AH, Krakower GR. Physiol Rev 1994; Després JP, Lemieux I. Nature 2006; Tchernof A, Després JP. Physiol Rev 2013]. This article discusses visceral adipose tissue metabolism and its association with cardiometabolic risk.