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

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dc.contributor.author Castrillón Liñan, Carolina
dc.contributor.author Alvarez Mayorga, Jimy Henry
dc.contributor.author Lozada-Urbano, Michelle
dc.date.accessioned 2022-02-01T21:18:27Z
dc.date.available 2022-02-01T21:18:27Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11288
dc.description.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 retrospective study included 100 eligible patients in a single nutritional center, from January 2019 to March 2021. Telenutrition and in-person continuous variables were compared with independent sample t-test or U Mann-Whitney test. Results: There were significant differences in weight, BMI, WC and RFM by the end of follow-up period, in both evaluation modalities. Patients on the telenutrition group had a mean decrease of 6.80 ± 4.87 cm in WC, whereas the mean difference observed for the in-person group was 6.74 ± 4.55 cm. There were no significant differences in the changes of any anthropometric parameters when comparing both systems. Reductions were observed in weight (5.93 ± 3.88 kg vs. 4.92 ± 3.29 kg), BMI (2.23 ± 1.39 kg/ m2 vs. 1.83 ± 1.23 kg/ m2), WC (6.80 ± 4.87 cm vs. 6.74 ± 4.55 cm) and RFM (2.43 ± 1.78 vs. 2.63 ± 1.73) in telenutrition and in-person evaluation, respectively by the end of the follow-up period.  Conclusions: Telenutrition may be regarded as an alternative to in-person evaluation offering anthropometric changes and nutritional goals similar to those reported through the in-person modality, in overweight and obese adult people en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher F1000 Research
dc.relation.ispartofseries F1000Research
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Obesity en_US
dc.subject Overweight en_US
dc.subject Telemedicine en_US
dc.subject Waist Circumference en_US
dc.subject Nutrition Assessment en_US
dc.title The effects of telenutrition in overweight and obese adults in a nutritional center in Lima, Peru. en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.53564.2
dc.relation.issn 2046-1402


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