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Determine the level of population's physical activity is crucial in the process of knowledge of population health. The study objective was to demonstrate the level of physical activity of individuals of both sexes aged 20 to 60 years who underwent bariatric surgery in Bahia. The sample consisted of 60 subjects who underwent stomach-reduction surgery in Vitória da Conquista 1 to 24 months divided into four periods (IP: up to 6 months; PII: 6 months and one day to 12 months; PIII: 12 months and one day to 18 months and IVP: 18 months and one day to 24 months). As a research tool for measuring the level of habitual physical activity was used to the short version ofthe International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). The study included 47 individuals and 89.37% (42) were female and 10.63% (05) male, with a mean age of 35.85 ± 8.68 and 42.8 ± 12.67 to male and female respectively. The prevailing time of surgery from 6 to 11 months for women and 18 to 24 months for men in relation to physical activity level, the predominant sedentary and insufficiently active for both sexes. In BMI, no significant differences between the genders when referring to the classification of IPAQ, it is observed that the greatest loss in the group was very active physically. However, bariatric surgery is effective in reducing body weight, however, does not end treatment with the surgical method, but the beginning of a period of behavioralchanges, eating and regular physical exercise.

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