Nutritional counseling should be pursued before getting bariatric surgery

I understand that a lot of people feel like there is no way out of obesity and food addictions.

  • Maybe they tried different approaches and faltered in the past, or struggled to do anything but shovel food in their mouth from dawn until dusk every single day.

Some people look toward bariatric surgeries to finally lose some weight, thinking that this is their only way out of obesity. The thought process assumes that shrinking the stomach will naturally force the person to eat less. In many people, this actually has the intended effect. They will feel hungry a lot less and the hope is that their psychological experience with food changes as a result. Realistically, you’ll have a higher success rate with people who have their psychological relationship with food addressed before getting any kind of surgery. In the best case scenario, this would involve traditional therapy combined with nutritional counseling. You’d be forced to address why you formed such an unhealthy relationship with food while being given tips and ideas for healthier eating habits. Since every person is different, it would be ideal for a nutritional counselor to make a dietary plan that is unique for the person they’re working with. You wouldn’t want to force a vegetarian dietary plan on an omnivore, nor would you want to do the opposite. If nutritional counseling doesn’t incorporate food that the client enjoys, there’s a higher likelihood of failure. The last thing you want is for someone to gain all of the weight back two or three years after having bariatric surgery.

 

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