[Nutrition aspects in obese before and after bariatric surgery].

Objective: To determine the physical-nutritional profile of obese patients submitted to bariatric surgery at the HC/UFPE.

Methods: Two-hundred-and-five patients were evaluated retrospectively during the period of 2002 through 2006. Analysis considered clinical history for diabetes type 2 (DM 2), high blood pressure (HBP) and metabolic syndrome (MS).