Nutrition Management After Gastric Bypass Surgery

Nutritional Management of Weight Regain After Bariatric Surgery

“…There is also appetite reduction caused by a decrease in ghrelin (appetite-stimulating hormone) secretion and increase in secretion of peptide YY and glucagon-like peptide-1, which are both anorexigen hormones. Lastly, we may relate weight loss to a higher energy expenditure, which is (made) possible as the patient starts losing weight and becomes physically more active [6].…”