Telehealth Opportunities and Challenges for Managing Pediatric Obesity.
Pediatr Clin North Am
; 67(4): 647-654, 2020 08.
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| ID: mdl-32650862
ABSTRACT
Telehealth is well positioned to address the common challenges of providing high-quality care to children and adolescents with obesity. The potential benefits of telehealth for pediatric obesity are applicable across the full spectrum of care from diagnosis and assessment to ongoing management. This article reviews the emerging field of telehealth for the treatment of pediatric obesity. The challenges of the current approach to pediatric obesity care are explored, and the potential benefits of incorporating and implementing telehealth in this field are presented. The care of pediatric patients with obesity is particularly well suited for telehealth.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Telemedicina
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Obesidad Infantil
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatr Clin North Am
Año:
2020
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Article