title: What is the registered dietitian's role in the preoperative assessment of a client contemplating bariatric surgery?
authors.affiliation: ADA's Knowledge Center Team in Chicago, IL, USA. knowledge@eatright.org
authors.forename: Eleese
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000523:psychology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004046:Dietetics; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care