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ArticleNature metabolism2025

A short-term, high-caloric diet has prolonged effects on brain insulin action in men.

Stephanie Kullmann, Lore Wagner, Robert Hauffe, Anne Kühnel, Leontine Sandforth, Ralf Veit, Corinna Dannecker, Jürgen Machann, Andreas Fritsche, Nobert Stefan and 5 more

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Article in Nature metabolism, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Expanding the understanding of insulin resistance in brain and periphery.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Stephanie KullmannInstitute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. stephanie.kullmann@med.uni-tuebingen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9951-923X
Lore WagnerInstitute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-9281
Robert HauffeGerman Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
Anne KühnelSection of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3066-3801
Leontine SandforthInstitute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Ralf VeitInstitute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9860-642X
Corinna DanneckerInstitute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Jürgen MachannInstitute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4458-5886
Andreas FritscheInstitute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Nobert StefanInstitute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Hubert PreisslInstitute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8859-4661
Nils B KroemerSection of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-3781
Martin HeniInstitute for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Department for Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8462-3832
André KleinriddersGerman Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4248-6366
Andreas L BirkenfeldInstitute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1407-9023

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) 01GI0925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain insulin responsiveness is linked to long-term weight gain and unhealthy body fat distribution. Here we show that short-term overeating with calorie-rich sweet and fatty foods triggers liver fat accumulation and disrupted brain insulin action that outlasted the time-frame of its consumption in healthy weight men. Hence, brain response to insulin can adapt to short-term changes in diet before weight gain and may facilitate the development of obesity and associated diseases.

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BrainDietEnergy IntakeInsulinAdultHumansHyperphagiaLiverMaleInsulin

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PMID39984682
PMCPMC11946887

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