title: [Nutritional consultations frequency after bariatric surgery].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  With the growth of surgical interventions to reduce obesity, there is a necessity of a periodic nutritional attendance at long term to ensure the nutritional status of the patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the adherence to the periodic nutritional attendance of patients undergoing bariatric surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from registration forms of a nutrition service from patients who underwent bariatric surgery between 2001 and 2008.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Were evaluated 469 registration forms, of which 83% corresponded to female and 16.8% to male, with a mean age of 38.2 ± 12.03 years. The attendance showed an average of 2.04 ± 0.77 pre-operatively queries and 3.4 ± 9.19 post-operative queries and there was progressive reduction in assiduity of these patients in surgical follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a high dropout of the patients in post-operative nutritional attendance, being primarily concerned about the high dropout after two years of surgery; this tendency may result in metabolic complications and regain of lost weight.
authors.affiliation: Centro Avançado de Videolaparoscopia do Paraná (CEVIP), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. savaris_ana@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Ana Luiza Savaris
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Menegotto
authors.forename: Magda Rosa Ramos
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Fernando Lucas
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Mario Gilberto Jesus
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: Alcides José
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Branco-Filho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies