A typical patient of Dr. Garcia’s program has a BMI of 30 or more and is seeking to lose 40 or more pounds of body fat. To determine the success of a typical Dr. Garcia’s Weight Loss patient, we identified patients who met the following criteria.
First Week Weight Loss
Inclusion Criteria
- Unique New Patients at a Garcia Weight Loss Center
- Removed weekly weight Gain/Loss records greater than 9% to filter our errant data
- Had an office visit within 6-10 days of initial visit
- Between 4’8″ and 7′ in height
- Starting BMI of 30 or greater
- Sample size of 6413 distinct patient sessions
- Patients lost an average of 7.20Lbs in first week
- Patients lost an average of 3.16% of body weight in first week
- Measure recorded average of 7.12 days after initial visit. Note patients do not start program on day of first visit.
- 5235 or 82% of patients sessions resulted in 5lbs or more weight loss in first week
- 2835 or 44% of patients sessions resulted in 7.5lbs or more weight loss in first week
- 1324 or 21% of patients sessions resulted in 10lbs or more weight loss in first week
First Month Weight Loss
Inclusion Criteria
- Unique New Patients at a Garcia Weight Loss Center
- A monthly weight Gain/Loss less than 20% to filter our errant data
- Had an office visit within 27-32 days of initial visit
- Between 4’8″ and 7′ in height
- Starting BMI of 30 or greater
- Sample size of 4874 distinct patients
- Patients lost an average of 15.86Lbs in first month
- Patients lost an average of 6.94% of body weight in first month
- Measure recorded average of 28.43 days after initial visit.
- 4238 or 87% of patients sessions resulted in 10lbs or more weight loss in first month
- 2725 or 56% of patients sessions resulted in 15lbs or more weight loss in first month
- 1191 or 24% of patients sessions resulted in 20lbs or more weight loss in first month