The Need for Objective Physical Activity Measurements in Routine Bariatric Care.

Discussion Main Findings This study confirmed that (1) in general bariatric patients were not sufficiently active, rarely engage in MVPA bouts and are highly sedentary, with a significantly higher daily step count and significantly more minutes spent in MVPA and MVPA bouts in the post-surgery group compared to the pre-surgery group; (2) correlations between self-reported and accelerometer measurements of time spent in MVPA and SB were negligible and moderately significant, respectively; and (3) only 17.1% of the participants in this study met the recommend 150 MVPA minutes per week when objectively measured, while 94.3% met the guidelines according to self-reports.

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