{"id":59786,"date":"2022-06-10T09:03:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T13:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=59786"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:20:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:20:21","slug":"telehealth-shows-promise-for-obesity-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/telehealth-shows-promise-for-obesity-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Telehealth Shows Promise for Obesity Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48058\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 291px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/11\/Batsis-John.tdi_-scaled-e1635339541936.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48058 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/11\/Batsis-John.tdi_-scaled-e1606768582882-281x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Batsis-medications-cause-weight-gain\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">John Batsis, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/directory\/john-a-batsis-md\/\">John A. Batsis,<\/a> MD, an associate professor in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\"> Division of Geriatric Medicine,<\/a> discussed the advantages and challenges of using telehealth and remote monitoring in obesity management with Healio. He said delivering behavioral weight loss interventions through telehealth is feasible, acceptable and efficacious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s evidence that demonstrates face-to-face vs. telemedicine-based interventions for weight loss are equivalent,\u201d Batsis told Healio. \u201cThere are some studies that showed it actually leads to better weight loss outcomes in given populations. That\u2019s really encouraging data.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A key advantage to using telehealth for obesity-related care is that it provides primary care clinicians in rural areas an opportunity to refer their patients to obesity medicine programs, which have traditionally been delivered in person at academic or urban centers.<\/p>\n<p>However, implementation challenges remain, as do unanswered questions on which care delivery modalities are best for which patients and what type of staffing is needed from an operational standpoint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that individuals respond differently not only to weight loss interventions but to general health promotion interventions,\u201d Batsis said. \u201cWe\u2019re using this as a one-size-fits-all, but it may not necessarily be that way. So, we really need to be thinking how to individualize it and asking patients their comfort level with the technology and their comfort level in having remote visits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/primary-care\/20220608\/video-telehealth-shows-promise-for-obesity-management?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=sociallinks\">[Full Story at Healio]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John A. Batsis, MD, an associate professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, discussed the advantages and challenges of using telehealth and remote monitoring in obesity management with Healio. He said delivering behavioral weight loss interventions through telehealth is feasible, acceptable and efficacious. \u201cThere\u2019s evidence that demonstrates face-to-face vs. telemedicine-based interventions for weight loss are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/telehealth-shows-promise-for-obesity-management\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Telehealth Shows Promise for Obesity Management\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112673,"featured_media":48058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[631],"class_list":["post-59786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-631","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Telehealth Shows Promise for Obesity Management | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/telehealth-shows-promise-for-obesity-management\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Telehealth Shows Promise for Obesity Management | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John A. 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