Obesity is a topic that has been tiresomely discussed in recent years. In Brazil, obesity is already recognized as a disease, and in March this year the Brazilian government launched the guidelines for the organization of prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity, through Ordinance 424 of the Ministry of Health, which among other issues, brought changes in access to bariatric surgery by the Unified Health System.
With this advancement in relation to surgery, we must also be aware of the conditions of the public to be attended, as it is a surgery that relies heavily on effective behavioral changes, and candidates need to be aware of the seriousness of this decision.
It is essential that the patient is intellectually able to understand the process by which they will be submitted, as many people cannot be sufficiently clear about the scale of change they will have to face for the success of the postoperative period.
In this way will be subjected to a series of medical evaluations in order to prepare it, because the set of actions taken will contribute to the success of the surgery.
Changes in your diet should happen before surgery, as well as the habit of practicing physical activity.
The emotional is one of the fundamental pillars in this process, as it will require the patient a lot of discipline and organization in the times and amount of food to be consumed. Since the desire to eat does not change with surgery, the patient needs to change his way of relating to food, eating for his hunger and not for gluttony, for desire to eat.
After the release of all health professionals to perform stomach reduction surgery begins another phase, where you will need to have a lot of balance and tranquility in order to put into practice all the changes that you incorporated during the preoperative process.
Now, at home, eating in small quantities, following the type of food and the prescribed times, begins the most important phase that is to make this procedure a success, which will depend only on the patient.
Many people after surgery disappear from the office, neglecting this very important stage, in which medical examinations will be performed to assess whether they are following the prescribed diet. At this stage all care is little.
It is important to make it clear that when they reach the desired weight they need to continue proper care and behavior, as weight regain can happen. They cannot be deluded into thinking that the surgery itself will change the way it relates to food, the patient must continue to eat smaller portions, choose healthy foods, and practice physical activity often.
Psychology goes beyond pre-surgical preparation, as it is common for patients to commit abuse and weight regain, and it is necessary to identify with the therapist the meaning of food abuse, thus being able to solve some situations more effectively, placing each need in the right place, and food can only fulfill its nutritional role.
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