Abstract:

Introduction: Bariatric surgery has positive results in weight loss and control of associated comorbidities. However, psychological aspects such as family support and food related to surgery can compromise the results of treatment. Objective: to evaluate the correlation between the perception of perioperative family support and the eating behavior of women older than 24 months after surgery. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study, conducted with 50 women. Anthropometric data were collected and questionnaires were applied to assess the perception of family support and the eating behavior of patients. Results and discussion: Satisfactory weight loss was observed after surgery. However, most of the study participants also showed significant weight regain. The perception of perioperative family support was good and the predominant eating behavior was the domain of “emotional eating”. Family support was related to weight loss and weight relapse, suggesting that a better perception of family support would be related to better weight loss and less post-surgical weight regain. However, there was no association between family support and any of the investigated eating behaviors. Conclusion: The results obtained in weight loss through bariatric surgery are positive. Our study shows that family support can be an important variable to be better addressed. It is worth noting that new studies have been carried out to investigate the association between family support and eating behavior of individuals undergoing bariatric surgery in order to foster new evidence and approaches in this therapeutic process.

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