title: CLINICAL AND NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS IN OBESE WOMEN DURING THE FIRST YEAR AFTER ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Clinic care for morbid obesity is not very effective. Bariatric surgery is being considered the best way of intervention for this kind of obesity.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Evaluate the clinical and nutritional evolution during the first year of obese women submitted to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective series non-concurrent with 61 women. The variables were weight, BMI, weight loss percentage, loss of excessive weight percentage, waist circumference, hip circumference, lipid profile, daily use of supplements, practice of physical exercise, occurrence of sickness, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, asthenia, alopecia, dry skin, cramps and brittle nails.
  
  
  RESULTS
  They presented significant weight and IMC reduction as well as improvement in their lipid profile, in all consultations. After one year they presented 36,6% loss of the initial weight and 75% loss of excessive weight. The waist circumference also presented a considerable reduction on all the moments, decreasing from 122,1±13,4 cm to 94,1±10,6 cm. Regarding the intercurrences, the most frequent were alopecia, asthenia, dry skin and cramps.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass was effective in promoting and maintenance weight loss during the period of the first postoperative year.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tiago Dália
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Goretti Pessoa de Araújo
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Burgos
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria da Conceição Chaves
authors.initials: Mda C
authors.lastname: de Lemos
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Poliana Coelho
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Cabral
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D006801:Humans; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors