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Re:Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity af... by meindnoch on Thursday April 17, 2025 @10:31AM (#43717426)
See the second half of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bav_IBsuXEM

Visceral fat is literally enclosing the intestines, major blood vessels, organs, etc. of the abdomen.

Nevertheless, it is possible to surgically remove this sheet of fat that's covering your organs, it's called an omentectomy. But it's a big surgery, and done only in case of cancer, not for weight loss. That is, in humans: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29367725/

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