Helping People Become 'Lean for Life'

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How Orange County-based Lindora Became America's Leading Medical Weight Control Program, One Person - and One Pound - at a Time

When Marshall Stamper, M.D., decided to open a Newport Beach weight loss clinic

back in 1971, he had no way of knowing that decision would ultimately help hundreds of thousands of people improve their health and change their lives. Motivated by the loss of his mother, who died of obesity-related complications, Dr. Stamper pioneered a comprehensive, results-oriented program that helped people lose weight rapidly and safely while changing their physiology so they could maintain their healthy new weight.

Today, 35 years later, Lindora is California's number one medical weight control system and has become the gold standard in weight management, with 34 Southern California locations serving more than 4,000 people every weekday. Lindora's groundbreaking programs and research are regularly presented at the Harvard Medical School obesity conferences and at meetings of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. Lindora clinicians and "success stories" have been featured on Good Morning America, The CBS Evening News and in such publications as People and the Los Angeles Times.

Lean for Life

"Lindora's Lean for Life program is much more than a diet - it's a multi-faceted system that teaches people how to become healthier by changing the behaviors and habits that contributed to their weight gain in the first place," explains Lindora president Cynthia Stamper Graff. "When people experience rapid weight loss results and see significant improvements in their health risk profile, it motivates them to maintain the level of enthusiasm and focus required to make lasting changes in their lives. This kind of change is often difficult to make on one's own, and even people who feel they've 'tried everything' respond very well to the support and structure our program provides."

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Lindora President/CEO Cynthia Stamper Graff

While on the program, a two- to five-pound weekly weight loss can be achieved with a menu plan that features three meals and three snacks a day. The menu plan is low carbohydrate, low fat and moderate protein during the weight loss phase of the program, and then transitions into a more traditional balance of moderate carbohydrate and low fat foods during the maintenance phase. It is specifically designed to help control insulin resistance.

Metabolic Fitness Treatment Program

Lindora recently introduced its new Metabolic Fitness Treatment Program, which uses state-of-the-art testing and diagnostics to provide a unique evaluation of your risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, abnormal cholesterol levels, metabolic syndrome, and other preventable diseases. The program provides a comprehensive plan that empowers participants to take an active role in improving their health through weight loss, exercise, and other lifestyle changes. After just 10 weeks, many Lindora patients experience significant health improvements.

Lindora Care, Anywhere

Lindora also offers Lindora Care, Anywhere options, such as Lindora by Phone and the innovative, interactive Lindora Online program, which features live online access to program experts, forums and chats, personalized charts and graphs that change daily to reflect your progress, and weekly telephone consultations with a nurse educator.

Whether you want to lose 10 pounds, 50 pounds, 100 pounds or more, Lindora can help you lose weight - and keep it off for life!

For more information about Lindora, call 1-800-LINDORA or visit www.lindora.com. Lindora's Orange County locations include Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Irvine, La Habra, Laguna Hills, Newport Beach, Orange, Rancho Santa Margarita, and San Juan Capistrano.