Is visceral obesity the cause of the metabolic syndrome?

By J. Despres. Annals medicus, 2006

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Metabolic syndrome update. (2016, background): “Excess visceral fat associates strongly with the metabolic syndrome [11,12].”
Abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome: contribution to global cardiometabolic risk. (2008, background): “visceral obesity; (3) Excess visceral adiposity is only (or”
Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome (2006, background): “But, for any given amount of total body fat, the subgroup of individuals with a selective excess of intra-abdominal, or visceral, adipose tissue is at substantially higher risk of being characterized by insulin resistance and by the features of metabolic syndrom”
Cafeteria Diet Is a Robust Model of Human Metabolic Syndrome With Liver and Adipose Inflammation: Comparison to High-Fat Diet (2011, background): “Visceral, not subcutaneous fat, is associated with metabolic syndrome in humans and rodents (35,36).”
Pathophysiology of human visceral obesity: an update. (2013, background): “Total and LDL cholesterol levels are generally within the normal range unless unrelated abnormalities are present (107, 114, 556).”