Physical Fitness and Nutrition Intake in Bariatric Surgery Population

Inclusion Criteria: * Competent patients enrolled in the pre- or post-operative bariatric surgery program at the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management at GMC, Danville, PA. * Ability to perform a 6 Minute Walk Test. * Aged 18 through 70. * Willingness to receive dietary recall phone calls and accessibility to a telephone. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with severe lung disease requiring oxygen therapy. * Pulmonary embolus or pulmonary infarction. * Patients with cardiopulmonary disease (e.g., prior myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass, or vascular stent). * Unstable angina. * Uncontrolled cardiac dysrhythmias causing symptoms or hemodynamic compromise. * Patients with any health reason that limits walking. * Patients with a temporary injury that limits walking. * Patients who use a wheelchair, other assistive device for walking, or have difficulty ambulating during activities of daily living. * Patients predetermined to be illiterate or incompetent. * Patients who are currently pregnant or have been pregnant at any time since bariatric surgery. * Tobacco use. * Patients with electronic defibrillators or other embedded electronic medical devices. * Acute systemic infection, accompanied by fever, body aches, or swollen lymph glands * Patients who have undergone revisional bariatric surgery.