Describe any pertinent lifestyle changes that you would view as a priority for Mr. McKinley
What will be an ideal response?
• Incorporating physical activity into his daily routine will help with weight loss and will aid in correcting his lipid profile.
• He may need to change the types of foods he eats.
- Concentrated sugars will need to be avoided post-surgery.
- Smaller, more frequent meals may require a change in lifestyle/eating habits, since pt. will be eating 6 small meals rather than 3.
- The patient will need to learn how to read the signals indicating fullness and stop eating to avoid nausea and vomiting. He must adjust to a very small stomach capacity and the decreased food intake this necessitates.
- Once his stomach expands, lifestyle measures will need to be taken to practice control over serving sizes. Stomach stretches to size of a cup in about a year.
- Follow up with bariatric health care team.
- May have excess skin or other skin problems; subsequent procedures may be a option to consider.
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