As a Board certified physician for more than 30 years,
Dr. Garcia has witnessed the health risks and physical limitations in
his patients associated with being overweight.
In his specialty of Women's Health he observed that there was an overwhelming
relationship between women suffering from the symptoms of hormonal imbalances
and the inability to lose weight. In the course of evaluating, treating,
and managing these imbalances he found that hormonal replacement therapy
needed to be partnered with lifestyle, nutritional, and exercise counseling.
After seeing how this affected his patient's quality of life, he felt
it was his responsibility as a physician to continue his medical education
in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of obesity. Realizing that
obesity had become a national epidemic, affecting not only women but
men and adolescents equally, Dr. Garcia felt he needed to expand the
scope of his practice to include researching all the contributing factors
leading to obesity and the need to focus on disease prevention and wellness.
While furthering his studies, Dr. Garcia received the highest American
Medical Association certification in Age Management Medicine recognized
by the Cenegenics Medical Institute. Age Management Medicine is a medical
specialty dedicated to the science of youthful aging. It promotes exercise
and nutritional programs that are designed to lower body fat and reduce
the risk factors for illnesses. It also monitors hormonal levels and
other biomarkers of aging, which are essential to the maintenance of
optimal health and vitality. Dr. Garcia is also in the process of obtaining
his Board certification in Bariatric Medicine.
This journey has led Dr. Garcia to develop a successful 3-step medically
supervised program, which encompasses nutritional and exercise counseling,
lifestyle changes, and FDA approved appetite suppressants that have
been proven to be safe and effective. His goal is to not only help patients
obtain their desired weight loss, but to also help them maintain their
attained weight loss to enhance their health and longevity.
Dr. Garcia and his full-time staff of physicians are members of the
American Society of Bariatric Physicians, and are committed to being
a vital part of the solution to obesity by being a resource to his patients
in the treatment, education, and prevention of this national epidemic.
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