Nutritional management in bariatric surgery patients

Deledda A.
First
Writing - Original Draft Preparation
;
Loviselli A.
Supervision
;
Fosci M.
Data Curation
;
Velluzzi F.
Last
Writing - Review & Editing
2021-01-01

Abstract

The obesity epidemic, mainly due to lifestyle changes in recent decades, leads to serious comorbidities that reduce life expectancy. This situation is affecting the health policies of many nations around the world. Traditional measures such as diet, physical activity, and drugs are often not enough to achieve weight loss goals and to maintain the results over time. Bariatric surgery (BS) includes various techniques, which favor rapid and sustained weight loss. BS is a useful and, in most cases, the best treatment in severe and complicated obesity. In addition, it has a greater benefit/risk ratio than non-surgical traditional therapies. BS can allow the obese patient to lose weight quickly compared with traditional lifestyle changes, and with a greater probability of maintaining the results. Moreover, BS promotes improvements in metabolic parameters, even diabetes remission, and in the quality of life. These changes can lead to an increase of life expectancy by over 6 years on average. The nutrition of people before and after BS must be the subject of indications from a trained staff, and patients must be followed in the subsequent years to reduce the risk of malnutrition and the associated problems. In particular, it is still debated whether it is necessary to lose weight prior to surgery, a procedure that can facilitate the surgeon’s work reducing the surgical risk, but at the same time, lengthens preparation times increasing the risks associated with concomitant pathologies. Furthermore, preventing nutritional deficiencies prior to the intervention can improve the results and reduce short-and long-term mortality.
2021
Obesity
Quality of Life
Weight Loss
Bariatric Surgery
Malnutrition
Obesity, Morbid
Bariatric surgery
Diabetes remission
Dietary supplements
Metabolic surgery
Nutrition care
Nutrition pre-habilitation
Nutritional deficiencies
Obesity
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