Dietary, weight, and psychological changes among patients with obesity, 8 years after gastric bypass

M Kruseman, A Leimgruber, F Zumbach… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Long-term data on patients with obesity outcome after
bariatric surgery are lacking. The goal was to document dietary and anthropometric changes
more than 5 years after surgery, as well as patients' eating behavior, psychological state,
and quality of life. METHODS: A cohort of 80 women (mean age 40+ 10 years) who
underwent a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass between 1997 and 2002 were followed in a Swiss
University Hospital for an average of 8±1.2 years. The primary outcome was successful …