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Reduced caloric intake following small bowel bypass surgery: a systematic study of possible causes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Robert G. Robinson*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Marshal F. Folstein
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Paul R. McHugh
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Robert G. Robinson, Department of Psychiatry, Phipps Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

Synopsis

Food intake, appetite and a variety of feelings were measured pre- and post-operatively in obese patients undergoing jejuno—ileal bypass surgery. Decreased food intake correlated closely with the amount of weight loss at both 4 and 30 months after surgery. Malabsorption correlated with weight loss at 4 months but not 30 months post-operatively. The cause of the decreased food intake is unknown and cannot be completely explained by either depression, nausea, malabsorption, liver disease, an attempt to avert diarrhoea, or decreased appetite.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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