title: Future Directions: How Virtual Reality Can Further Improve the Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders and Obesity.
abstract: Transdisciplinary efforts for further elucidating the etiology of eating and weight disorders and improving the effectiveness of the available evidence-based interventions are imperative at this time. Recent studies indicate that computer-generated graphic environments-virtual reality (VR)-can integrate and extend existing treatments for eating and weight disorders (EWDs). Future possibilities for VR to improve actual approaches include its use for altering in real time the experience of the body (embodiment) and as a cue exposure tool for reducing food craving.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatments, University of Barcelona , Barcelona, Spain .
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Maldonado
authors.affiliation: 2 Virtual Reality Medical Institute , Brussels, Belgium .|3 Virtual Reality Medical Center , San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Brenda K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Wiederhold
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore , Milan, Italy .|5 Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Lab., Istituto Auxologico Italiano , Milan, Italy .
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Riva
mesh_terms: D066249:Craving; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D063367:Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy / Q000639:trends*