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Obesity and outpatient rehabilitation using mobile technologies: the potential mHealth approach

Obesity is currently an important public health problem of epidemic proportions (globesity). Inpatient rehabilitation interventions that aim at improving weight-loss, reducing obesity-related complications and changing dysfunctional behaviors, should ideally be carried out in a multidisciplinary con...

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Autores principales: Castelnuovo, Gianluca, Manzoni, Gian Mauro, Pietrabissa, Giada, Corti, Stefania, Giusti, Emanuele Maria, Molinari, Enrico, Simpson, Susan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4051130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24959157
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00559
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author Castelnuovo, Gianluca
Manzoni, Gian Mauro
Pietrabissa, Giada
Corti, Stefania
Giusti, Emanuele Maria
Molinari, Enrico
Simpson, Susan
author_facet Castelnuovo, Gianluca
Manzoni, Gian Mauro
Pietrabissa, Giada
Corti, Stefania
Giusti, Emanuele Maria
Molinari, Enrico
Simpson, Susan
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description Obesity is currently an important public health problem of epidemic proportions (globesity). Inpatient rehabilitation interventions that aim at improving weight-loss, reducing obesity-related complications and changing dysfunctional behaviors, should ideally be carried out in a multidisciplinary context with a clinical team composed of psychologists, dieticians, psychiatrists, endocrinologists, nutritionists, physiotherapists, etc. Long-term outpatient multidisciplinary treatments are likely to constitute an essential aspect of rehabilitation. Internet-based technologies can improve long-term obesity rehabilitation within a collaborative approach by enhancing the steps specified by psychological and medical treatment protocols. These outcomes may be augmented further by the mHealth approach, through creating new treatment delivery methods to increase compliance and engagement. mHealth (m-health, mobile health) can be defined as the practice of medicine and public health, supported by mobile communication devices for health services and information. mHealth applications which can be implemented in weight loss protocols and obesity rehabilitation are discussed, taking into account future research directions in this promising area.
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spelling pubmed-40511302014-06-23 Obesity and outpatient rehabilitation using mobile technologies: the potential mHealth approach Castelnuovo, Gianluca Manzoni, Gian Mauro Pietrabissa, Giada Corti, Stefania Giusti, Emanuele Maria Molinari, Enrico Simpson, Susan Front Psychol Psychology Obesity is currently an important public health problem of epidemic proportions (globesity). Inpatient rehabilitation interventions that aim at improving weight-loss, reducing obesity-related complications and changing dysfunctional behaviors, should ideally be carried out in a multidisciplinary context with a clinical team composed of psychologists, dieticians, psychiatrists, endocrinologists, nutritionists, physiotherapists, etc. Long-term outpatient multidisciplinary treatments are likely to constitute an essential aspect of rehabilitation. Internet-based technologies can improve long-term obesity rehabilitation within a collaborative approach by enhancing the steps specified by psychological and medical treatment protocols. These outcomes may be augmented further by the mHealth approach, through creating new treatment delivery methods to increase compliance and engagement. mHealth (m-health, mobile health) can be defined as the practice of medicine and public health, supported by mobile communication devices for health services and information. mHealth applications which can be implemented in weight loss protocols and obesity rehabilitation are discussed, taking into account future research directions in this promising area. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4051130/ /pubmed/24959157 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00559 Text en Copyright © 2014 Castelnuovo, Manzoni, Pietrabissa, Corti, Giusti, Molinari and Simpson. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Castelnuovo, Gianluca
Manzoni, Gian Mauro
Pietrabissa, Giada
Corti, Stefania
Giusti, Emanuele Maria
Molinari, Enrico
Simpson, Susan
Obesity and outpatient rehabilitation using mobile technologies: the potential mHealth approach
title Obesity and outpatient rehabilitation using mobile technologies: the potential mHealth approach
title_full Obesity and outpatient rehabilitation using mobile technologies: the potential mHealth approach
title_fullStr Obesity and outpatient rehabilitation using mobile technologies: the potential mHealth approach
title_full_unstemmed Obesity and outpatient rehabilitation using mobile technologies: the potential mHealth approach
title_short Obesity and outpatient rehabilitation using mobile technologies: the potential mHealth approach
title_sort obesity and outpatient rehabilitation using mobile technologies: the potential mhealth approach
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4051130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24959157
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00559
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