Contributors

v

Reviewers

vii

Chapter 1

Weight-Loss Surgery Overview

1

Chapter 2

The Nutrition Care Process

17

Chapter 3

Nutrition Care for Presurgery Clients

26

Chapter 4

Nutrition Care in the Immediate Postsurgery Period

58

Chapter 5

Nutrition Care of Clients 2 Months to 2 Years after Surgery

81

Chapter 6

Long-Term Nutrition Care

101

Chapter 7

Adolescent Clients and Weight-Loss Surgery

113

Chapter 8

Nutrition Support after Weight-Loss Surgery

129

Chapter 9

Pregnancy after Weight-Loss Surgery

143

Appendix A

Web Resources

151

Appendix B

Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Diet Stages

153

Appendix C

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) Diet Stages and Postadjustment Diet Instructions

156

Appendix D

Post-Weight-Loss Surgery Supplementation

162

Appendix E

Biochemical Surveillance after Weight-Loss Surgery

166

Appendix F

Education Session Guides and Sample Questionnaires

176

Appendix G

Complications

190

Appendix H

Binge Eating Disorder Diagnostic Criteria

194

Index

195