3. Results
A total of 70 participants with AN with an average age of 25.7 (SD = 7) years completed the study. Most participants were female (94.3%) and White British (88.6%). The overall mean BMI was 16.8 (SD = 2.5) kg/mThe Kruskal–Wallis test revealed significant differences between the three virtual scenarios only for illness duration. A follow-up Dunn test revealed that the length of illness duration of participants in the virtual kitchen plus avatar scenario was significantly lower than those in the kitchen-only scenario (H (2) = 7.91, 