Nutrition and Bariatric Surgery

A powerful synergy

Nutrition therapy using OPTIFAST prior to bariatric surgery can provide significant benefits to surgeons and patients alike:

Pre-bariatric surgery^1,2

Useful in helping patients make the necessary post-surgical lifestyle changes
Reduced fatty liver and decrease in liver volume
Decreased visceral adipose tissue

Preoperative weight loss is associated with¹

Reduced laparoscopic procedure time
Increased weight loss first year postoperatively

Some OPTIFAST clinics and bariatric surgery centers offer pre-surgical support programs to help prepare patients for surgery. The program promotes preoperative weight loss through the use of the OPTIFAST formula and provides educational sessions to help patients prepare for the diet and lifestyle changes that are necessary for a successful surgical outcome. Many OPTIFAST clinics also welcome bariatric patients into their overall long-term management programs and continue to provide OPTIFAST products to those patients who were started on OPTIFAST prior to surgery.

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References
1. Colles, SL, Dixon JB, Marks P, Strauss BJ and O’Brien PE. Preoperative weight loss with a very-low- energy diet: quantitation of changes in liver and abdominal fat by serial imaging1-3 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2006:84:304-311.
2. Alami, R. S., Morton, J. M., Schuster, R., Lie, J., Sanchez, B. R., Peters, A., & Curet, M. J. (2007). Is there a benefit to preoperative weight loss in gastric bypass patients? A prospective randomized trial. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 3(2), 141-145; discussion 145–146.