Preferences for coaching strategies in a personalized virtual coach for emotional eaters 113 5 Table 1 | Personas Anita and Lisanne, representing resp. problem situations “Experiencing cravings”, and “After giving in to cravings” This is Anita Anita is 46 years old. She is married to Ad. They have two children, Melvin aged 19, and Leroy aged 16. Anita went to home economics school (LHNO). She works 3 days a week in home care. Other than that, she does housekeeping. Her hobbies are playing games on the computer and hiking (if Ad at least comes along). Anita weighs 85 kilograms. She gains a few kilos every year. When tensions mount, Anita starts snacking. “Food provides some kind of comfort for me. When I feel stressed, I’m always snacking. That's really a problem, because because of this I've gained about 12 pounds in recent years.” This is Lisanne Lisanne is 25 years old. She is single, living alone. She has lived together with Peter for two years. She has an MBO degree in commercial engineering and she works 5 days a week as an inside sales representative at a large real estate agency. Her hobbies are going out, and shopping. Sports: formerly korfball, but nothing at the moment. Lisanne weighs 91 kilograms. She started dieting when she was 14 years old. Then she weighed 63 kilos. Lisanne feels insecure about her body. She is unable to feel the difference between hunger, cravings or emotion. Once or twice a week she binges. Eating does relieve her for a while, but afterwards she feels disgusted with herself. “I wish that I was more confident about myself ….” The full description of the personas and the description of the problem situations can be found in the Appendix.
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