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Success and failures of telehealth during COVID‐19 should inform digital applications to combat obesity

BACKGROUND: In response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, telehealth digital applications (apps) permitted the delivery of health care to millions of individuals, including those with poor access to health services. AIM: To review a body of evidence demonstrating that telehealth and mobile health (mHealth)...

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Autores principales: Vasselli, Joseph R., Juray, Susan, Trasino, Steven E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8441632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34540264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.551
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description BACKGROUND: In response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, telehealth digital applications (apps) permitted the delivery of health care to millions of individuals, including those with poor access to health services. AIM: To review a body of evidence demonstrating that telehealth and mobile health (mHealth) apps can promote clinically meaningful weight loss, and thus hold potential to increase access to treatment and weight loss care for individuals suffering from obesity. RESULTS: Data from COVID‐19 pandemic revealed that access to telehealth and mHealth remains a challenge for underserved communities that are disproportionately affected by obesity. CONCLUSIONS: The development of telehealth and mHealth for obesity treatment must be informed by the success and failures of telehealth during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Failure to do so, risks alienating the very populations that stand most to benefit from telehealth and mHealth apps for obesity treatment.
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spelling pubmed-84416322021-09-15 Success and failures of telehealth during COVID‐19 should inform digital applications to combat obesity Vasselli, Joseph R. Juray, Susan Trasino, Steven E. Obes Sci Pract Perspective BACKGROUND: In response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, telehealth digital applications (apps) permitted the delivery of health care to millions of individuals, including those with poor access to health services. AIM: To review a body of evidence demonstrating that telehealth and mobile health (mHealth) apps can promote clinically meaningful weight loss, and thus hold potential to increase access to treatment and weight loss care for individuals suffering from obesity. RESULTS: Data from COVID‐19 pandemic revealed that access to telehealth and mHealth remains a challenge for underserved communities that are disproportionately affected by obesity. CONCLUSIONS: The development of telehealth and mHealth for obesity treatment must be informed by the success and failures of telehealth during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Failure to do so, risks alienating the very populations that stand most to benefit from telehealth and mHealth apps for obesity treatment. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8441632/ /pubmed/34540264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/osp4.551 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Obesity Science & Practice published by World Obesity and The Obesity Society and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title_fullStr Success and failures of telehealth during COVID‐19 should inform digital applications to combat obesity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8441632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34540264
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