Lindora, the leader in medical weight loss with a 55-year legacy, today announced the appointment of Andrew Marlow as President, marking a major milestone in the brand’s national evolution and expansion into metabolic health.
This leadership announcement follows Lindora’s acquisition by the parent company of Next Health in September 2025, positioning the brand for accelerated growth, innovation, and nationwide impact under a demonstrated leader of franchising medical concepts.
Marlow brings decades of experience scaling some of the most successful premium fitness and wellness brands in the world. He previously served in executive leadership roles at global brands like Pure Barre and Equinox, where he led large-scale operations, franchise systems, and revenue growth initiatives across national and global markets.
“Metabolic health is the defining health challenge of our time, and this crisis demands more than short-term solutions,” said Marlow. “My focus as President is to honor Lindora’s incredible legacy built over more than a half century of results and invest in the next phase of innovation that doubles down on our impact and leadership in provider-guided metabolic health. Lindora’s new motto is ‘Muscle First: Everything Else Follows,’ because patients deserve more than just weight loss, they deserve long-term health and achieving goals that last.”
Founded in 1971, Lindora helps patients improve metabolic health for a life of vitality and optimal body composition. Under new leadership, the brand is expanding beyond traditional weight management into a comprehensive, science-driven model designed to address the root causes of metabolic dysfunction.
Who’s Lindora’s Customer?
National NHANES analyses show that more than 9 in 10 adults are metabolically unhealthy, contributing to rising rates of chronic disease, fatigue, weight gain, and reduced quality of life. Lindora is addressing this crisis with an integrated, provider-guided approach that combines cutting-edge science, medical oversight, and personalized programming that are all delivered under one roof.
Excess weight is typically an indicator of metabolic health challenges below the surface. Unlike fragmented wellness solutions, Lindora’s model integrates diagnostics, medical oversight, and functional programming into a single, cohesive experience that guides patients toward lasting health, not just weight loss. Patients now have access to provider-guided, personalized metabolic health plans designed to optimize health and deliver measurable outcomes.
Introducing Lindora’s Six-Pillar Metabolic Health Model:
Metabolic health is about unlocking long-term vitality and optimal body composition.
As part of its evolution, Lindora is introducing a metabolic health framework that serves as the pathway to that outcome. The pillars are:
- Muscle
- Metabolism
- Hydration and nutrients
- Gut health
- Hormone health
- Energy
These pillars work together as one system, delivered through Lindora’s in-clinic medical model.
According to Marlow, Lindora takes a muscle-first approach because muscle is critical to long-term health. “Muscle helps regulate blood sugar, support steady energy, and protect against weight gain. It also communicates with the brain and other organs, helping defend against chronic disease. Muscle mass is one of the strongest predictors of long-term health and independence, making it an area of unequivocal focus for our patients at Lindora.”
Within a Lindora clinic, medical providers use lab data, body composition, and grip strength to identify which metabolic pillars need the most support and prioritize care accordingly. Every service is tied to a specific pillar, allowing providers to build personalized programs based on what the data shows the body needs. This includes high-protein nutrition to support muscle, GLP-1s used within a structured program to preserve muscle, and hormone optimization built on a stronger metabolic foundation.
Lindora’s muscle-first approach is intentional. Members using GLP-1s while consistently meeting daily protein targets through Lindora’s nutrition programs have preserved the vast majority of their muscle, in contrast to the significant muscle loss often seen when GLP-1s are used without structure. The difference isn’t the medication itself, it’s the program and clinical guidance around it.
Regular retesting allows members and providers to review progress together, understand how each pillar is responding, and decide what comes next. This integrated, under-one-roof approach brings clarity to an often confusing wellness market, replaces guesswork with data, and most importantly, puts people back in control of their health.
As Lindora evolves, additional pillar-based offerings are expanding within the clinic, with the rollout of resistance-based EMS training now underway to help build and protect muscle, and expanded gut health tools such as microbiome testing coming soon.
What’s Next for Lindora
“As the new stewards of this historic brand, we’re hyper-focused on three initiatives: massive innovation, creating an immense amount of value for patients with new treatments and programs, and igniting national growth,” said Scott Svilich, COO of Lindora’s parent company. “Lindora has the operational leadership and vision required to scale their incredible impact nationwide and the in-house value to dominate every market we enter.”
Franchise sales will officially launch on February 1, 2026, with an active waitlist now in place. If interested, please visit https://www.lindora.com/lindora-franchising and submit the form. The brand’s growth strategy is designed to bring advanced metabolic health solutions to communities nationwide while maintaining the utmost standards of care, consistency, and operational excellence.
About Lindora
Founded in 1971, Lindora is a leader in metabolic health, combining decades of clinical experience with modern functional medicine and provider-guided programming. With a renewed focus on innovation, personalization, and scalable impact, Lindora is building the future of functional metabolic health.
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"Lindora’s new motto is ‘Muscle First: Everything Else Follows,’ because patients deserve more than just weight loss, they deserve long-term health and achieving goals that last," said Andrew Marlow, President of Lindora.
