Nutritional deficiencies and supplementation in subject individuals a reducing type and roux gastroplasty

• Autor(a) principal: Segura, Dora Castro Agulhon
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Wozniak, Simone Daiane, de Andrade, Franciele Luz, Marreto, Thais Marta, Dal Ponte, Edimar
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/546
• topic: Obesity; Gastroplasty; Health; Supplementation; Obesidad; Gastroplastia; Salud; Suplementación; Obesità; Gastroplastica; Salute; Integrazione; Obesidade; Gastroplastia; Saúde; Suplementação; Obesidade; Gastroplastia; Saúde; Suplementação

Introduction: Obesity is a chronic multifactorial disease, which promotes important comorbidities, triggering great repercussions on health. However, when installed and faced with the failure of conservative treatment, gastroplasty is indicated, however, individuals submitted to the technique present a higher risk of developing nutritional deficiencies due to limitation of food intake and restriction of intestinal absorption, sometimes requiring supplementation proper. Objective: To analyze nutritional deficiencies in individuals submitted to gastroplasty and aspects of supplementation. Materials and methods: Participating in the study were 93 subjects submitted to Roux in Y type reductive gastroplasty, both genders, older than 18 years, with a postoperative period of more than 12 months. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to identify nutritional deficiencies and supplementation. Results and discussion: The mean age of the patients evaluated was 39.20 (± 11.21) years, mostly women (86.02%) with a postoperative period of 53.22 (± 43.89) months. The lack of some nutrients was reported in 75,26% of the individuals, being more prevalent in the female gender and with a longer postoperative period. Among the deficiencies, vitamin B12 (30.83%), iron (29.01%), vitamin D (25.92%) and calcium (14.16%) decreased. Supplementation involved 88.17% of the individuals, and the benefits were reported in 73.17% of the cases. Conclusion: Nutritional deficiencies in individuals submitted to gastroplasty is a common finding, and supplementation is essential for normalization of the components, ensuring healthy and safe weight loss.