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Attention to weight from a gender perspective has substantially increased in the last forty-five years after the publication of Susie Orbach’s book Fat is a Feminist Issue (1978). Since then, numerous studies have shown differences in the degree of stigmatization and discrimination suffered by obese people based on gender (Sobal, 2001; Fikkan and Rothblum, 2011; …

Obesity from a gender perspective: does it all come down to gender? Read More »

‘’The government wants to reduce the number of fast-food restaurants in the city center’’. This was one of the news headlines in the Netherlands on the 18th of March last year. A very experienced liberal would say that this is the downfall of politics in the Netherlands. But what if Mr. van Ooijen, the Secretary …

Obesity and Virtual Reality: can we tackle obesity by inducing body embodiment? Read More »

A few weeks ago, I was presenting at a conference in a symposium and oriented to doctors and clinical staff whose work is related to people living with obesity. It was remarkable to note how most clinicians introduced their respective talk with something along the lines of: “We have to deal with frustration and relapses …

Frustration and motivation Read More »

Students in the Research Master of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience with a specialization in Psychopathology (RM PP) at Maastricht University (UM) the Netherlands, were invited as members of a fictional advisory committee of the Dutch Health Council consisting of experts in overweight, obesity and eating disorders. Over the course of four weeks and using various …

Could obesity prevention increase the risk of eating disorders? A student’s view Read More »

Like the other parts of our body, our brain also suffers from the effects of our diet and lifestyle. Most people are familiar with what foods make our body healthier and younger, but little is known about its repercussion on cognition. Miracle diets do not exist. What is truly miraculous is to keep a healthy …

How diet can slow down our brain aging Read More »

The reason might not be as emotional as you think. You may be especially craving that extra bowl of pasta with Parmesan cheese, and maybe a pint of Ben & Jerry’s too, after you just heard you didn’t get that job you wanted, or failed that test you had to pass. For most people, this …

Are You An Emotional Eater? Read More »

SOCRATES project is based on a new paradigm for self-counselling in virtual reality referred to as ConVRSelf (conversations with yourself in VR). The basic idea is that a person enters the virtual reality with a virtual body that looks like themselves. This is achieved through a special scanning process enhanced via this project. One of …

How to create a future version of a patient? Read More »