Eating habits, nutritional status and quality of life of patients in late postoperative gastric bypass Roux-Y
2013
Objective:
To characterize the food habits, nutritional status and quality of life of patients in the postoperative period of bariatric surgery to Fobi-Capella.
Methods:
Analytical cross-sectional study was conducted with 66 patients underwent bariatric surgery and monitoring by the staff of the Hospital Universitario Oswaldo Cruz (HUOC), in northeast Brazil. A questionnaire was applied in witch was covered sociodemographic characteristics, and demographic information related to eating habits, and also evaluated the quality of life by the method BAROS.
Results:
The tolerance to food, the category �hardly eaten� were reported food such as meat, chicken, rice, raw salad and corn meal and that �not eaten� were corn meal, followed by sweets, meat and chicken. There was a reduction of total body weight and BMI and, consequently, the increase in PEP% over time. Regarding quality of life, it can be observed which is classified as �good� for most patients in both groups of 6-18 months and ?18 months.
Conclusions:
Our results demonstrate that bariatric surgery showed satisfactory effects in this population, however the need for continuous nutritional education work, especially in groups of more than 18 months postoperatively.
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