ABSTRACT
Bariatric surgery is a medical procedure increasingly associated with long-term nutritional deciencies that may have deleterious eects on each patient. e risks of malnutrition need to be evaluated in addition to comorbid disease concerns of coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hepatobiliary disease, endocrine abnormalities, malignancies, degenerative joint disease, cerebrovascular disease, respiratory abnormalities, and sudden death [1,2].
