The effects of telenutrition in overweight and obese adults in a nutritional center in Lima, Peru.

ABSTRACT: Background: COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for health services and systems around the world, including Peru.  A viable alternative in the telemedicine field to guarantee patient nutritional care is telenutrition. Telenutrition involves the interactive use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to implement the nutrition care process with patients at a remote location. Information regarding the experience with this methodology and its potential effect on patients' nutritional goals, does not exist in Peru. The aim of the study was to report the effect of the evaluation type (telenutrition vs. in-person) on weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and relative fat mass (RFM) in overweight and obese adult patients.  Methods: This ret

SUBMITTER: Castrillon Linan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8666983 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature