The Use of 3D Body Scanner in Medicine and Psychology: A Narrative Review

Pedroli, Elisa; Digilio, Rossella; Tuena, Cosimo; Durá-Gil, Juan V.; Cernigliaro, Franco; Riva, Giuseppe; Cipresso, Pietro

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-01093-5_10

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“…It therefore seems imperative that studies using growth as an outcome ought to record frequent measures (e.g., skinfold, length, and weight) and, when possible, anchor them to more informative measures of body composition including MRI, DXA, or air displacement plethysmography. One emerging technology that promises to deliver frequent, precise, and, most importantly, convenient quantification of body composition is 3D structured light imaging 322,323 . Commercially available structured light scanners are now affordable and can be packaged with user‐friendly software, enabling research participants to obtain in‐home surface and volume measures of their growing child, independent of support staff.…”

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Fetal programming of human energy homeostasis brain networks: Issues and considerations

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Summary In this paper, we present a transdisciplinary framework and testable hypotheses regarding the process of fetal programming of energy homeostasis brain circuitry. Our model proposes that key aspects of energy homeostasis brain circuitry already are functional by the time of birth (with substantial interindividual variation); that this phenotypic variation at birth is an important determinant of subsequent susceptibility for energy imbalance and childhood obesity risk; and that this brain circuitry exhibits developmental plasticity, in that it is influenced by conditions during intrauterine life, particularly maternal–placental–fetal endocrine, immune/inflammatory, and metabolic processes and their upstream determinants. We review evidence that supports the scientific premise for each element of this formulation, identify future research directions, particularly recent advances that may facilitate a better quantification of the ontogeny of energy homeostasis brain networks, highlight animal and in vitro‐based approaches that may better address the determinants of interindividual variation in energy homeostasis brain networks, and discuss the implications of this formulation for the development of strategies targeted towards the primary prevention of childhood obesity.

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Fetal programming of human energy homeostasis brain networks: Issues and considerations

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“…To modify the stored negative memories of the body and reorganize patients' multisensory integration processes (Riva & Dakanalis, 2018 ), VR could be considered an emerging and promising approach (Matamala‐Gomez et al, 2018 ; Pedroli et al, 2018 ; Riva, 2011 ; Riva et al, 2018 ; Tuena et al, 2020 ). One of the most effective technique that could be implemented with the use of VR is the ‘reference frame shifting approach’ (Akhtar et al, 2017 ; Riva, 2011 ), that is focused on the reorganization of body‐related memories (Osimo et al, 2015 ; Riva, 2011 ).…”

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Virtual reality in the treatment of eating disorders

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2021

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Over the last 25 years, virtual reality (VR) has offered innovative solutions for targeting different key symptoms of eating disorders: from craving to negative emotions, from attentional biases to body dissatisfaction. The present narrative review assesses the existing literature in these areas trying to identify their different levels of clinical evidence. Specifically, the review presents four clinical approaches based upon VR and their implications in the treatment of eating disorders: VR cue exposure, VR reference frame shifting, VR for correcting body distortions and attentional biases. In general, existing findings demonstrate the clinical value of VR. On one side, the present review suggests that two VR-based techniques-VR exposure and reference frame shifting-have a significant research support and provide a possible advantage over traditional cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. On the other side, two emerging VR applicationsmultisensory body illusions and the use of VR for the modification of attentional biases-even if supported by preliminary data still need further research.

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