The aim of the intensive LSVT BIG training is improve people's ability to make bigger movements. These movements can then be generalized for different functional activities and situations.
However, research has shown that approximately 20% of overweight individuals are successful at long-term weight loss when defined as losing at least 10% of initial body weight and maintaining the loss for at least 1 y.he National Weight Control Registry provides information about the strategies used by successful weight loss maintainers to achieve and maintain long-term weight loss. National Weight Control Registry members have lost an average of 33 kg and maintained the loss for more than 5 y.
According to the American Obesity Association, 80% of patients lose some weight and 30% reach normal weight with VBG procedures. The long-term weight loss success rate with VBG is 40% to 63% of excess body weight over a 3-year period and 50% to 60% after 5 years. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive & Kidney Disease (NIDDK) report that after 10 years, as few as 20% of patients have kept the weight off.