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- Title
Chronic care management of globesity: promoting healthier lifestyles in traditional and mHealth based settings.
- Authors
Castelnuovo, Gianluca; Pietrabissa, Giada; Manzoni, Gian Mauro; Corti, Stefania; Ceccarini, Martina; Borrello, Maria; Giusti, Emanuele M.; Novelli, Margherita; Cattivelli, Roberto; Middleton, Nicole A.; Simpson, Susan G.; Molinari, Enrico
- Abstract
Obesity and being overweight could be real chronic conditions above all if there are other complications such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, dyslipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, cancer, and various psychosocial and psychopathological disorders. Due to the multifactorial etiology of obesity, evidencebased interventions to improve weight loss, maintain a healthy weight, and reduce related comorbidities combine different treatment approaches: dietetic, nutritional, physical, behavioral, psychological, and, in some situations, pharmacological and surgical. There are significant limitations in this multidisciplinary chronic care management of obesity, most notably those regarding costs and long-term adherence and efficacy. Programs including eHealth platforms and new technologies could overcome limitations connected to the traditional in-patient chronic care management of obesity, thus providing promising opportunities in enhancing weight reduction and reducing complications in terms of long-term efficacy and effectiveness across clinical, organizational, and economic perspectives.
- Subjects
OBESITY treatment; DISEASE management; LIFESTYLES; DISEASE complications; TYPE 2 diabetes
- Publication
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015, Vol 6, p1
- ISSN
1664-1078
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01557