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Table 2 Distribution of the study participants by some food intake and lifestyle habits before and after (currently) the surgery (N = 30)

From: Short-term outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy among obesity patients in the northern west bank: a retrospective records review

Variable

Before n (%)*

Currently n (%)*

How many main meals do you eat per day?

  

  -One

1 (3.3)

2 (6.7)

  -Two

3 (10)

7 (23.3)

  -Three

9 (30)

12 (40)

  -> three

17 (56.7)

9 (30)

Vegetables intake

  

  -Regularly

7 (23.3)

12 (40)

  -Occasionally

11 (36.7)

11 (36.7)

  -Rarely

12 (40)

7 (23.3)

Fruit intake

  

  -Regularly

5 (16.7)

12 (40)

  -Occasionally

12 (40)

13 (43.3)

  -Rarely

13 (43.3)

5 (16.7)

How often you take fried food per week?

  

  -1-3

10 (33.3)

27 (90)

  -4-6

13 (43.3)

1 (3.3)

  -7-9

5 (16.7)

2 (6.7)

  ->9

2 (6.7)

0 (0)

Do you practice any kind of sport or exercise?

  

  -No

24(80)

18 (60)

  -Yes

6 (20)

12 (40)

Smoking habits

  

  -Never smoker

-

15 (50)

  -Ex-smoker

-

1 (3.3)

  -Current smoker

-

11 (36.7)

  -Argellah

-

3 (10)

  1. *Data is presented as frequency (percent) from the total study population (N = 30).