Food heals your
body, mind, and soul
Backed by more than 25 years of research,
Whole Person Integrative Eating® (WPIE) provides
a path to eating less and weighing less—by enhancing
your physical, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being.
Without dieting.
Backed by more than 25 years of research, Whole Person Integrative Eating® (WPIE) provides a path to eating less and weighing less—by enhancing your physical, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being.
Without dieting.
Welcome!
Whole Person Integrative Eating®
Deborah Kesten, MPH
Nutrition Researcher · Author · Educator
Founder, Whole Person Integrative Eating®
HOW WPIE WORKS
Eat less, weigh less.
Without dieting.
Most of us know diets don’t work.
Unlike traditional diets built around rules and restrictions, Whole Person Integrative Eating (WPIE) is a science-backed dietary lifestyle that identifies the reasons so many of us overeat and gain weight—then offers their antidotes: the 7 pillars of WPIE that lead to eating less and weighing less.
One meal at a time.
TODAY’S NEW NORMALS
Meet the overeating styles
Our research identified the underlying reasons many of us overeat: not only food choices—what you eat—but also eating behaviors that range from why and how to where, with whom…and more.
We call these today’s 7 new-normal overeating styles—each strongly linked to overeating, and 5 of the 7 to being overweight or obese.
Do you see yourself in any of the overeating styles?
Discover your personal overeating styles with our FREE QUIZ
WPIE ANTIDOTES
Overeating styles Rx:
The 7 WPIE pillars
The 7 pillars of Whole Person Integrative Eating include—but go beyond—the biochemical nutrients in food and what to eat.
Only one of the pillars is about what to eat; the other six address eating behaviors.
Here are the WPIE pillars linked to eating less and weighing less: not only fresh, whole foods, but also nutrients missing from the food charts—positive feelings, mindfulness eating, appreciate food, sensory regard, amiable ambiance, and social connection.
WPIE is designed as a sustainable
dietary lifestyle—not a diet—you
can get better and better at.
Each time you eat.
EVIDENCE
The Research
From overeating and overweight
to eating less, weighing less
The research participants in our study who replaced their overeating styles with the 7 pillars of Whole Person Integrative Eating ate less and weighed less.
Without dieting.
FROM RESEARCH TO REAL LIFE
Barbara lost the weight—
and kept it off
With WPIE, she lost about 70 pounds
—without ever "going on a diet."
Barbara’s story
Barbara Kumara was 64 years old when she contacted me after a lifetime of obesity. From dieting to Overeaters Anonymous to acupuncture, nothing had brought lasting weight loss.
Over a year of WPIE coaching, Barbara replaced her overeating styles with the 7 pillars of Whole Person Integrative Eating. She lost about 70 pounds—without ever “going on a diet.” Years later, she has kept it off and wears a size 12. Just as important, she is at peace with food, and with herself.
EXPERIENCE WPIE
Where would you like to begin?
Whether you want insights into your own relationship to food and eating, or you want to bring WPIE to the people you serve and work with, here are some options to get started.
DISCOVER
WHY YOU OVEREAT
Take the What’s Your Overeating Style?
Self-Assessment Quiz and identify your overeating styles.
EXPLORE THE
COMPLETE PROGRAM
BRING WPIE TO
YOUR CLIENTS AND PATIENTS
patients—and yourself.
