What is telehealth and how can nutrition counselors use telenutrition in their practice?

Telehealth is defined as "the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support remote clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration." Telenutrition is defined as "the interactive use, by a RDN, of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to implement the Nutrition Care Process (nutrition assessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention/plan of care, and nutrition monitoring and evaluation) with patients or clients at a remote location, within the provisions of their state licensure as applicable." Telenutrition, a branch of telehealth, can be used by nutrition counselors to implement the nutrition care process with clients either through telephone, video, or web-based applications.