Weight loss success in a 3-D virtual world
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Participants in two weight-loss programs - one involving traditional health club sessions and the other delivered online in a 3D virtual world - lost similar amounts of weight and body fat, but the online contingent reported significantly greater gains in behaviors that could help them live healthier and leaner lives.