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. (2013). Fiep Bulletin - Online, 79(2). https://ojs.fiepbulletin.net/fiepbulletin/article/view/3413