title: Chronic care management of globesity: promoting healthier lifestyles in traditional and mHealth based settings.
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, evidence-based 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.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico , Ospedale San Giuseppe, Verbania, Italy ; Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan , Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Castelnuovo
authors.affiliation: Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico , Ospedale San Giuseppe, Verbania, Italy ; Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan , Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Giada
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pietrabissa
authors.affiliation: Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico , Ospedale San Giuseppe, Verbania, Italy ; Faculty of Psychology, eCampus University , Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Gian Mauro
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Manzoni
authors.affiliation: Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico , Ospedale San Giuseppe, Verbania, Italy ; Department of Psychology, University of Bergamo , Bergamo, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corti
authors.affiliation: Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico , Ospedale San Giuseppe, Verbania, Italy ; Department of Psychology, University of Bergamo , Bergamo, Italy.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceccarini
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bergamo , Bergamo, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borrello
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan , Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuele M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Giusti
authors.affiliation: Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico , Ospedale San Giuseppe, Verbania, Italy.
authors.forename: Margherita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Novelli
authors.affiliation: Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico , Ospedale San Giuseppe, Verbania, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cattivelli
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia , Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Nicole A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia , Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Susan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.affiliation: Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico , Ospedale San Giuseppe, Verbania, Italy ; Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan , Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Molinari
keywords: clinical psychology; mHealth; obesity; rehabilitation; type 2 diabetes