scholarly journals Effects of providing personalized feedback of child’s obesity risk on mothers’ food choices using a virtual reality buffet

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1322-1327 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M McBride ◽  
S Persky ◽  
L K Wagner ◽  
M S Faith ◽  
D S Ward
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Personalized Feedback ◽  
Obesity Risk

scholarly journals Perspectives of Black/African American and Hispanic Parents and Children Living in Under-Resourced Communities Regarding Factors That Influence Food Choices and Decisions: A Qualitative Investigation

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
Debbe Thompson ◽  
Chishinga Callender ◽  
Denisse Velazquez ◽  
Meheret Adera ◽  
Jayna M. Dave ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Obesity Risk ◽  
Hispanic Parents ◽  
School Food ◽  
Family Time ◽  
Black African ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Parents And Children

Families living in under-resourced communities are at risk of obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases. To develop effective interventions, it is important to identify parent and child perspectives of factors that influence food-related choices and decisions. This paper reports qualitative findings from a larger mixed method study investigating this topic. Hybrid thematic analysis was used to code and analyze the interviews. Family-generated photographs of factors influencing food choices were discussed during the interviews. Qualitative findings were organized by the socio-ecological model. Verbatim quotes and photographs were used to support themes. Thirty-six interviews were conducted (18 parents, 18 children). Findings from parents revealed personal (e.g., culture, beliefs, time), family (e.g., mother, child, father, health, finances, cohesiveness), environmental (e.g., availability, convenience, cost), and other (e.g., school food) factors influenced food choices. Similarly, child-reported influences were personal (e.g., preferences, beliefs, taste), family (e.g., mother, family encouragement, father, family time), social (e.g., school, friends), environmental (e.g., availability), and other (e.g., media, sports). The socio-ecological model provided a useful framework for identifying factors that influence food choices and decisions of families living in under-resourced communities. A deeper understanding of these factors could enhance both responsiveness and effectiveness of interventions to enhance diet and reduce obesity risk in families living in under-resourced communities.

scholarly journals Modeling Dynamic Food Choice Processes to Understand Dietary Intervention Effects

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Steven Marcum ◽  
Megan R Goldring ◽  
Colleen M McBride ◽  
Susan Persky
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Dietary Intervention ◽  
Food Selection ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Risk Information ◽  
Obesity Risk ◽  
Event Modeling ◽  
Choice Processes ◽  
Micro Level

Abstract Background Meal construction is largely governed by nonconscious and habit-based processes that can be represented as a collection of in dividual, micro-level food choices that eventually give rise to a final plate. Despite this, dietary behavior intervention research rarely captures these micro-level food choice processes, instead measuring outcomes at aggregated levels. This is due in part to a dearth of analytic techniques to model these dynamic time-series events. Purpose The current article addresses this limitation by applying a generalization of the relational event framework to model micro-level food choice behavior following an educational intervention. Method Relational event modeling was used to model the food choices that 221 mothers made for their child following receipt of an information-based intervention. Participants were randomized to receive either (a) control information; (b) childhood obesity risk information; (c) childhood obesity risk information plus a personalized family history-based risk estimate for their child. Participants then made food choices for their child in a virtual reality-based food buffet simulation. Results Micro-level aspects of the built environment, such as the ordering of each food in the buffet, were influential. Other dynamic processes such as choice inertia also influenced food selection. Among participants receiving the strongest intervention condition, choice inertia decreased and the overall rate of food selection increased. Conclusions Modeling food selection processes can elucidate the points at which interventions exert their influence. Researchers can leverage these findings to gain insight into nonconscious and uncontrollable aspects of food selection that influence dietary outcomes, which can ultimately improve the design of dietary interventions.

No Breakfast? Obesity Risk Is More Than Believed

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
CHRISTINE KILGORE
Keyword(s):  
Obesity Risk

Top-Down Processing and Visual Reorientation Illusions in a Virtual Reality Environment

2004 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred W. Mast ◽  
Charles M. Oman
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Line Length ◽  
Perceptual Cues ◽  
Virtual Reality Environment ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Test Conditions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Processing Mechanisms

The role of top-down processing on the horizontal-vertical line length illusion was examined by means of an ambiguous room with dual visual verticals. In one of the test conditions, the subjects were cued to one of the two verticals and were instructed to cognitively reassign the apparent vertical to the cued orientation. When they have mentally adjusted their perception, two lines in a plus sign configuration appeared and the subjects had to evaluate which line was longer. The results showed that the line length appeared longer when it was aligned with the direction of the vertical currently perceived by the subject. This study provides a demonstration that top-down processing influences lower level visual processing mechanisms. In another test condition, the subjects had all perceptual cues available and the influence was even stronger.

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Swiss Surgery ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 250-254
Author(s):  
Vogelbach ◽  
Bogdan ◽  
Rosenthal ◽  
Pfefferkorn ◽  
Triponez
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy ◽  
Neue Technik

Fragestellung: Die dieser Untersuchung zugrunde liegende Frage war, ob das angewandte Ausbildungskonzept geeignet war, um am Beispiel der Einführung der laparoskopischen Cholezystektomie eine neue Operationsmethode in einer universitären Ausbildungsklinik mit einer grossen Anzahl Chirurgen zu etablieren. Patienten und Methodik: Seit Einführung der ersten laparoskopischen Cholezystektomie wurden alle Cholezystektomien während zwei Jahren (Mai 1990 bis Mai 1992) prospektiv erfasst. Ein Ausbildungskonzept wurde gewählt, bei dem jeweils ein Operateur durch einen Tutor geschult wurde und so 15 konsekutive Eingriffe durchführte, um dann die Technik einem weiteren auszubildenden Chirurgen zu instruieren. Resultate: In zwei Jahren wurden 355 Patienten cholezystektomiert. 60% der Operationen wurden laparoskopisch durchgeführt oder begonnen. 40% der Operationen wurden offen durchgeführt. In den ersten zwei Jahren konnten 13 Operateure (durchschnittlich 16 Operationen / Operateur , range 1 - 60) in die neue Technik eingeführt werden. Es traten keine schweren Komplikationen, insbesondere keine Gallenwegsverletzungen in dieser Einführungsphase auf. Diskussion: In der Literatur wird dieses Vorgehen bei der Einführungsphase seit 1992 wiederholt vorgestellt, diskutiert und empfohlen. Zwischenzeitlich gibt es Richtlinien von Fachgesellschaften und nationalen Institutionen, welche die Ausbildung zur Ausführung neuer chirurgischer Techniken reglementieren. In den letzten Jahren verlagern sich die ersten Ausbildungsschritte in Richtung Trainingskurse an skill-stations und virtual reality Trainer. Schlussfolgerung: Das beschriebene Ausbildungskonzept bewährte sich in der Einführungsphase der laparoskopischen Cholezystektomie zu Beginn der 90er-Jahre.

Virtual reality-enabled treatment of nightmares.

Dreaming ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick McNamara ◽  
Kendra Holt Moore ◽  
Yiannis Papelis ◽  
Saikou Diallo ◽  
Wesley J. Wildman
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality
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