Bariatric patients may face specific clinical problems after surgery, and multidisciplinary long-term follow-up is usually provided in specialized centers. However, physicians, obstetricians, dieticians, nurses, clinical pharmacists, midwives, and physical therapists not specifically trained in bariatric medicine may encounter post-bariatric patients with specific problems in their professional activity. This creates a growing need for dissemination of first level knowledge in the management of bariatric patients. Therefore, the Obesity Management Task Force (OMTF) of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) decided to produce and disseminate a document containing practical recommendations for the management of post-bariatric patients. The list of practical recommendations included in the EASO/OMTF document is reported in this brief communication.

Centre for Obesity Research Rayne Institute Department of Medicine University College London London UK

Clinica Medica 3 Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova Via Giustiniani 2 35128 Padova Italy

Clinical Pharmacy Herzliya Medical Center Herzliya Israel

Department of Internal Medicine D and Obesity Clinic Hasharon Hospital Rabin Medical Center Petah Tikva Israel

Department of Internal Medicine University of Padova Padova Italy

Department of Medicine 3 Medical University of Vienna Vienna Austria

Department of Medicine Medical University Graz Graz Austria

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy 2 Medical University Innsbruck Innsbruck Austria

Division of Endocrinology Metabolism and Diabetes Department of Medicine Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Istanbul Turkey

Morbid Obesity Centre Vestfold Hospital Trust and Department of Endocrinology Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine Institute of Clinical Medicine University of Oslo Oslo Norway

National Institute of Health Research University College London Hospital Biomedical Research Centre London UK

OB Klinika Centre for Treatment of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Obesity Prevention and Care Program Contrepoids Service of Therapeutic Education for Chronic Diseases Department of Community Medicine Primary Care and Emergency University Hospitals of Geneva and University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland

Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel

University College London Hospital Bariatric Centre for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery University College London Hospital London UK

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