Division of General Internal Medicine, Department Internal Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 150 Bergen Street, Room H-251, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
Division of General Pediatrics, Department Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1265 Welch Rd, 240x, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Pediatr Clin North Am. 2020 Aug;67(4):647-654. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2020.04.007.
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.
远程医疗非常适合解决为肥胖儿童和青少年提供高质量医疗服务的常见挑战。远程医疗在儿科肥胖症护理的整个治疗过程中都有潜在的益处,从诊断和评估到持续管理。本文回顾了远程医疗在治疗儿科肥胖症方面的新兴领域。探讨了目前儿科肥胖症护理方法所面临的挑战,并提出了在该领域纳入和实施远程医疗的潜在益处。肥胖儿童患者的护理特别适合远程医疗。