Nutritional Deficiencies in Morbidly Obese Patients: A New Form of Malnutrition?
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Orit Kaidar-Person & Benjamin Person & Samuel Szomstein & Raul J. Rosenthal
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
Description
It is a common belief that clinical vitamin or mineral deficiencies are rare in Western countries because of the low-cost and unlimited diversity of food supply. However, many people consume food that is either unhealthy or of poor nutritional value, which lacks proteins, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. In this article, we reviewed the literature and highlighted the vitamin deficiencies in obese patients before bariatric surgery. Deficiency of dietary minerals is described in the accompanying manuscript
OBES SURG DOI 10.1007/s11695-008-9563-2 Received: 23 September 2007 / Accepted: 1 November 2007
