Özet:

Obesity is definedas excess of body fat. The noninvasive treatment should be done even when it is not possible reverse the obesity, however, the reality is that the desire to lose weight requires the use of numerous weight loss methods, especially when the obese has features from the early life stages, therefore, this study aimed to analyze the history of weight loss methods of the patients who underwent bariatric surgery. It was used a sample of 20 patients of both genders who attended the nutrition clinic at a public hospital in Belém and data were collected through a questionnaire over a period of 3 months and this study was approved by the Research Ethics Committees. The results showed that 60% of patients were overweight since childhood. 80% sought lifelong health any professional for weight loss. However, weight loss methods have been very diverse, especially food deprivation (65%). The use of the medicine (80%) and the use of tea or herbal (80%) as the most common methods. The weight loss by these methods was not significant, however, loss in overweight occurred most frequently 3 to 6 months ( 55%); 64.28 % of patients associated medicine with diet. Health (45%) was identified as the main reason for the surgery. However, the weight loss was around 39% in 17 months after surgery. Patients have changed the lifestyle for a healthier routine (90%) and left old habits (70%). Therefore, the diverse background of techniques to lose weight, indicated lower efficacy, mainly due to the clinical medical condition of severe obesity in these patients and in this context bariatric surgery showed huge benefits.

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