VBW presented their new approach, a model that enables the creation of a fully movable avatar that can be embodied in IVR from a front/side smartphone photo in a fully automated way, as an oral communication format at the 12th 3DBODYTECH Conference (October 2021). Alvarez de la Campa Crespo, E. & Spanlang, B. (2021, October …
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The qualitative results of the training on Motivational Interviewing skills received by patients with obesity were presented as an oral communication at the National Meeting on Motivational Interviewing (V Forum Getem, October 2021). Anastasiadou, D., Spanlang, B., Slater, M., Vázquez-De Sebastián, J., Ramos-Quiroga, J.A., Parramon Puig, G., Ciudin, A., Comas, M., & Lusilla-Palacios, P. (2021, …
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The first results of the usability study carried out by the VHIR team with healthy volunteers were presented as an oral communication at the CYPSY25, which was held virtually in September 2021. Anastasiadou, D., Spanlang, B., Slater, M., Vázquez-De Sebastián, J., Ramos-Quiroga, J.A., Ciudin, A., Comas, M., & Lusilla-Palacios, P. (2021, September 13-15). A virtual …
The protocol of the upcoming trial was presented by Dimitra Anastasiadou as an oral communication at the Global Network Event of the International Conference of Eating Disorders (virtual), last June 2021. Anastasiadou, D., Lusilla-Palacios, P., & Ramos-Quiroga, A. (2021, June 10-12). A virtual Reality tool for the treatment of obesity: Study protocol of a Randomised …
The Socrates team of the Vall d´Hebron Hospital presented a poster with the protocol of the upcoming clinical trial at the European Psychiatric Association Virtual Conference in April 2021. Lusilla-Palacios, P., Anastasiadou, D., & Ramos-Quiroga, A. (2021, April 10-13). A virtual Reality tool for the treatment of obesity: Study protocol of a Randomised Controlled Trial. …
Guidelines support behavioural weight management interventions as gold standard treatments for people living with obesity1. However, these treatments often fail in the long-term due to lack of motivation to maintain changes among patients. In fact, most patients experience significant weight regain within a year of completing treatment2. What are the “hidden” factors often underestimated by …
Lately, we have been spending a lot more time at home — a lot more time! There is a good chance this is making you (or someone like you) more sedentary and less physically active. Maintaining our physical and mental health requires that we keep moving and exercising as much as possible. This applies to …
Exergaming: a physical activity motivating alternative Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many of our activities of daily living. Teleworking, the reduction in social interactions, the limitation of mobility in the different countries, the restrictions in leisure activities are habits that have gradually been established in a progressive way, and have been chronicling since the presence of COVID-19 in our life. For …
Progress and achievements 3rd and 4rth General Meetings Socrates had two virtual General meetings, in which all partners shared important updates of their progress in the different work packages and some suggestions for improvements. Usability Study The Usability Study with 6 healthy adult participants was successfully conducted in July 2021.
One commonly believes that a person is either (physically) active or sedentary. Are there other options? The World Health Organization recommends that adults aged 18-64 years “should do at least 150–300 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity; or at least 75–150 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity” or an equivalent combination of both throughout the …
The sedentary self behind our physically (in-) active self Read More »
