TY - JOUR AU - Win, Aung Zaw AU - Ceresa, Carol AU - Schafer, Anne L. AU - Mak, Peter AU - Stewart, Lygia PY - 2014 TI - Importance of Nutrition Visits After Gastric Bypass Surgery for American Veterans, San Francisco, 2004-2010 T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E226 VL - 11 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - INTRODUCTION Nutrition counseling is important for veterans undergoing gastric bypass surgery. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between the number of nutrition visits a patient attended and change in body mass index (BMI) after gastric bypass surgery for the veteran population. METHODS A retrospective study examined veterans (N = 79) who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery from June 2004 through July 2010. Spearman's correlation and multivariate regression analysis were used to analyze data. RESULTS A significant correlation was found between the number of postoperative nutrition visits and the change in postsurgery BMI at 2 years (Spearman's rho = 0.21; P = .017). After adjusting for age, sex, and race, the association between postsurgery nutrition visits and BMI change persisted (beta = 0.255; 95% confidence interval, 0.015-0.581; P = .039). CONCLUSION Veterans with more nutrition visits following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery experienced greater declines in BMI. This finding underscores the importance of the dietitian on the bariatric surgery team. SN - 1545-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140289 DO - 10.5888/pcd11.140289 ER -