SynthesisInternational journal of obesity (2005)2021
Interoception and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between interoception and BMI.
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- Virtual body image exercises for people with obesity - results on eating behavior and body perception of the ViTraS pilot study.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025Trial
- Practicing Interoceptive Sensitivity as a Couple: A Mixed-Methods Acceptance Analysis of a Dyadic vs. Single Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2024Trial
- Food Consciousness Intervention Improves Interoceptive Sensitivity and Expression of Exteroception in Women.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- When emotions hurt: negative interpretations of bodily signals and interoceptive difficulties in fibromyalgia.Psychological research · 2026Article
- Age Differences in the Relationship Between Interoception and Emotional Processing.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Glucose levels are associated with mood, but the association is mediated by ratings of metabolic state.EBioMedicine · 2026Observational
- When the body changes faster than the brain: a narrative and theoretical review of body schema updating after bariatric surgery.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Interoception in obsessive-compulsive and major depressive disorders.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Interoceptive profiles of eating and weight disorders.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Brain insulin signaling restores deficits in striatal dopamine release in overweight male mice with preexisting low D2-receptor expression.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Comparison of three behavioral cardioception tasks and heartbeat evoked potentials in the same group of healthy volunteers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Affective touch sensitivity shapes tingling intensity in autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) experiences.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Emotional Eating and Obesity: An Update and New Insights.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Microstructural Brain Correlates of Inter-individual Differences in Respiratory Interoception.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Design of the SHARE study: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the regulation of cues treatment for adults with overweight or obesity and high food responsiveness.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- The relevance of cardiac and gastric interoception for disordered eating behavior.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy: An Empirical Comparison of Three Ability Measures.Psychophysiology · 2025Article
- Association Between Interoceptive Accuracy and Pain Perception: Insights From Trained Musicians and Athletes.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundInteroception refers to the processes by which we sense, interpret and integrate signals originating from within the body. Deficits in interoception have been linked to higher BMI and may contribute to weight gain. However, there have been conflicting findings and it is not clear how higher BMI is associated with different facets of interoception, such as interoceptive accuracy (the ability to detect internal signals) and sensibility (the tendency to attend to internal signals).
methodsWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that measured interoception and BMI. We examined relationships between interoception and BMI in children and adults separately and as a function of interoceptive facet and measure. In sensitivity analyses, we tested for evidence of publication bias and whether the results were consistent when studies with a high risk of bias were excluded.
resultsA total of 87 articles were eligible for inclusion. In adults (121 effects, 10,425 participants), there was cross-sectional evidence of higher BMI being associated with overall deficits in interoception (r = -0.054, 95% CI: -0.084 to -0.025) and this was consistent across sensitivity analyses. There was no statistically significant evidence of moderation by interoceptive facet or measure, although there was some variability in effect size estimates based on interoceptive facet and measures. A smaller meta-analysis limited to studies that compared participants with normal weight vs. overweight/obesity indicated poorer interoception in participants with overweight/obesity (SMD = -0.39, 95% CI -0.60 to -0.18).
conclusionsIn cross-sectional studies, deficits in interoception are associated with higher BMI. However, it remains unclear whether deficits in interoception contribute to or are a consequence of weight gain and obesity.
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