Virtual Reality Treatment for Obesity and Eating Disorders

[Northerner]

Virtual reality technologies are emerging as a potential treatment therapy tool for people suffering from obesity and eating disorders. The virtual approach is an advanced version of human to computer interaction which results in the user being able to practice overcoming specific food related behaviors in a controlled environment. Wearing a headset and holding a computer control, patients can virtually play out scenarios that they struggle with from the safety of the therapists office. The virtual component removes the stress and the risk that the patients brain associates with food related situations, and they can therefore play with creating new neural pathways that will influence their future behavior.

http://guardianlv.com/2014/07/virtual-reality-treatment-for-obesity-and-eating-disorders/