Disrupted Access to Obesity Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quantitative Analysis of a Neglected Health Crisis

  • Find ten scholarly sources on your research topic. You may use some of the sources from previous assessments if applicable. The literature must be published within the last five years and meet the following criteria: relevance, reliability, credibility, and timeliness.
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Cunningham, J. R., Patel, M. I., Rios-Diaz, A. J., Duncan, A. E., & Abbas, M. A. (2024). Effects of COVID-19 on bariatric surgery outcomes and healthcare disparities: A national registry analysis. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 20(1), 101–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2023.10.005

Griebeler, M. L., Butsch, W. S., Rodriguez, P., Lomeli, L., Kampert, M., Makin, V., Abed Alwahab, U., Borukh, E., Daigle, E., Bena, J., & Pantalone, K. M. (2022). The use of virtual visits for obesity pharmacotherapy in patients with overweight or obesity compared with in‐person encounters. Obesity, 30(11), 2194–2203. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23548

Pellegrini, M., Ponzo, V., Rosato, R., Scumaci, E., Goitre, I., Benso, A., Belcastro, S., Crespi, C., De Michieli, F., Ghigo, E., Broglio, F., & Bo, S. (2020). Changes in weight and nutritional habits in adults with obesity during the “lockdown” period caused by the COVID-19 virus emergency. Nutrients, 12(7), 2016. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12072016

Qadar, S. M. Z., Naz, H., Shamim, S., Hashim, F., Ahmed, S., & Kumar Mehraj, S. (2024). Prevalence of obesity and its effects in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Hospital Pharmacy, 59(3), 341–348. https://doi.org/10.1177/00185787231220318

Ramsetty, A., & Adams, C. (2020). Impact of the digital divide in the age of COVID-19. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 27(7), 1147–1148. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaa078

Reeve, E., Bell, C., Sacks, G., Mounsey, S., Waqa, G., Peeters, A., & Thow, A. M. (2023). Lessons for strengthening policymaking for obesity and diet‐related noncommunicable disease prevention: A narrative synthesis of policy literature from the Western Pacific Region. Obesity Reviews, 25(2), e13651. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13651

Ross, K. M., Carpenter, C. A., Arroyo, K. M., Shankar, M. N., Yi, F., Qiu, P., Anthony, L., Ruiz, J., & Perri, M. G. (2022). Impact of transition from face‐to‐face to telehealth on behavioral obesity treatment during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Obesity, 30(4), 858–863. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23383

Weinhouse, G. L., Ferrante, L. E., Mecca, C. M., Prieto-Centurion, V., & Lindvall, C. (2021). Disparities in telemedicine access and use during the COVID-19 pandemic among racially and ethnically diverse patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36(9), 2774–2781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-06854-3

Zachary, Z., Brianna, F., Brianna, L., Garrett, P., Jade, W., & Martina, D. (2020). Self-quarantine and weight gain related risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 14(3), 210–216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2020.05.004

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