Assessing the Clinical Efficacy of a Virtual Reality Tool for the Treatment of Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial

Dimitra Anastasiadou   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Pol Herrero   ² , MSc ;   Paula Garcia-Royo   ² , MSc ;   Julia Vázquez-De Sebastián   ^{2, 3} , MSc ;   Mel Slater   ^{4, 5, 6} , DSC ;   Bernhard Spanlang   ⁴ , PhD ;   Elena Álvarez de la Campa   ⁴ , PhD ;   Andreea Ciudin   ^{7, 8, 9} , MD, PhD ;   Marta Comas   ^{7, 8, 9} , PhD ;   Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga   ^{2, 10, 11, 12} , MD, PhD ;   Pilar Lusilla-Palacios   ^{2, 10, 11, 12} , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

² Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions Research Group, Vall d´Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain

³ RE-FiT Barcelona Research Group, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute & Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili, Barcelona, Spain

⁴ Virtual Bodyworks S.L., Barcelona, Spain

⁵ The Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

⁶ Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

⁷ Endocrinology and Nutrition Department, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

⁸ Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

⁹ Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

¹⁰ Psychiatry Department, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

¹¹ Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

¹² Biomedical Network Research Centre on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Barcelona, Spain