Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Nutrition Care Process (Toolkits)
Last Updated: 2022-10-20
Target Group: All Adults
Summary of Recommendations and Evidence
Bariatric surgery physically alters the gastrointestinal tract (GI) by gastric restriction, intestinal modifications or both to induce weight loss and potentially metabolic benefits (1, 2, 3). Bariatric surgical procedures can (1, 2, 3):
- reduce food intake by gastric restriction only (e.g. laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB), vertical banded gastroplasty (VGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG))
- create malabsorption by bypassing varying amounts of the upper intestine (e.g. biliopancreatic