The aim of this study were to characterize the behavior of self-care presented by the patients submitted to the bariatric surgery among the years of 2000 and 2007, in the University Hospital of Maringá (UHM). A descriptive cross sectional study was accomp. FIEP-Bulletinn. 2013;79(2). Accessed September 13, 2025. https://ojs.fiepbulletin.net/fiepbulletin/article/view/3413