Why you really eat? Virtual Reality in the treatment of obese emotional eaters

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 132, Issue , 2008, Pages 417-419

  Riva, Giuseppe ^a,b   Manzoni, Mauro ^a   Villani, Daniela ^b   Gaggioli, Andrea ^a,b   Molinari, Enrico ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Obesity; Presence; Stress management; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; NUTRITION; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; VIDEODISKS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES; EMOTIONAL STATE; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY; OBESITY; PRESENCE; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SELF-MONITORING; STRESS MANAGEMENT;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; OBESITY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 44249107618     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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