Question

"Ten years ago Stavos weighed 275 pounds and had high blood pressure and severe sleep apnea. He had gastric bypass weight loss sugery and followed a puree diet for the first 3 weeks after surgery. He then advanced to the soft foods diet for 6 weeks. The post bariatric surgery diet is low in calories and high in protein. What percent of calories come from protein in this one-day soft foods diet menu?

Answer 1

36%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Bariatric surgery may be defined as the surgery performed to reduce the obesity. This surgery is also known as weight loss surgery. The stomach size is reduced in the surgery.

Stavos has bariatric surgery and o soft diet for 6 weeks. The patients feeds on the high protein and low calories diet. The patient must have atleast 36% calories comes from the protein in case of the bariatric surgery.

Thus, the correct answer is 36%.