ReviewSocial cognitive and affective neuroscience2020
A review of the relationship between eating behavior, obesity and functional brain network organization.
Review in Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 100 citations in OpenAlex.
- Network-Level Convergence of Adiposity-Related Gray Matter Alterations: A Coordinate-Based Connectome Mapping Meta-Analysis With Imaging Transcriptomics.Human brain mapping · 2026Pooled it
- The Effects of Food Advertisements on Food Intake and Neural Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Recent Experimental Studies.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- Beyond Distracted Eating: Cognitive Distraction Downregulates Odor Pleasantness and Interacts with Weight Status.Nutrients · 2024Trial
- Exercise modifies hypothalamic connectivity and brain functional networks in women after bariatric surgery: a randomized clinical trial.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Trial
- Effects of prefrontal theta burst stimulation on neuronal activity and subsequent eating behavior: an interleaved rTMS and fNIRS study.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2023Trial
- Brain functional connectivity patterns associated with adiposity in schizophrenia.Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging · 2026Article
- Associations of visceral adipose tissue metabolism with DMN-centered cross-network metabolic expression concordance and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026Article
- Altered hypothalamic functional connectivity in adolescents with severe obesity.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Observational
- Central nervous system adaptation mechanism of obesity induced by high-fat high-sucrose diet: Differences in brain function between obese and obese resistant rats based on fMRI.Metabolism open · 2026Article
- Neurocognitive performance and appetite-regulating hormones in obesity with and without eating disorders: A comprehensive review and empirical analysis.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Region-resolved proteomic map of the human brain: functional interconnections and neurological implications.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Article
- Altered Hypothalamic functional connectivity in adolescents with severe obesity.Research square · 2026Article
- Psychometric Validation of the Eating Behavior and Appetite Questionnaire (EBAQ) for Individuals with Obesity or Overweight.Advances in therapy · 2026Article
- A feasibility study of the effects of concurrent transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on mindfulness training in adults living with overweight or obesity: the MINDED trial protocol.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Burden of metabolic diseases in mainland China from 1990 to 2021: results from the global burden of disease study 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Plasma vitamin C levels are associated with brain structural networks on MRI: A large cohort study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Prefrontal Structural Asymmetry Mediates Body Mass Index and Treatment Response in Major Depressive Disorder.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- New perspective on acupuncture treatment for obesity: mechanisms in the brain based on multidimensional neural circuits.American journal of translational research · 2026Review
- Development and Content Evaluation of the Eating Behavior and Appetite Questionnaire (EBAQ) for Individuals with Obesity.Advances in therapy · 2026Article
- Precision Prevention, Diagnostics, and Treatment of Obesity: Pipedream or Reality?Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Obesity is a major public health issue affecting nearly 40% of American adults and is associated with increased mortality and elevated risk for a number of physical and psychological illnesses. Obesity is associated with impairments in executive functions such as decision making and inhibitory control, as well as in reward valuation, which is thought to contribute to difficulty sustaining healthy lifestyle behaviors, including adhering to a healthy diet. Growing evidence indicates that these impairments are accompanied by disruptions in functional brain networks, particularly those that support self-regulation, reward valuation, self-directed thinking and homeostatic control. Weight-related differences in task-evoked and resting-state connectivity have most frequently been noted in the executive control network (ECN), salience network (SN) and default mode network (DMN), with obesity generally being associated with weakened connectivity in the ECN and enhanced connectivity in the SN and DMN. Similar disruptions have been observed in the much smaller literature examining the relationship between diet and disordered eating behaviors on functional network organization. The purpose of this narrative review was to summarize what is currently known about how obesity and eating behavior relate to functional brain networks, describe common patterns and provide recommendations for future research based on the identified gaps in knowledge.
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