Foundations of Whole Person Integrative Eating®
Certificate E-Course
Discover the science-backed program to eat well, weigh less, enhance health. Without dieting.
Based on 25 years of research, Whole Person Integrative Eating® (WPIE) is a paradigm-shifting,
dietary lifestyle grounded in a multidimensional truth about food, eating, health, and healing:
Food is a 4-part gift.
It nourishes our physical, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being.
Meet the 4 Facets of Food
The well-researched message in Whole Person Integrative Eating is that food has the power to influence the physical dimensions of health (Biological Nutrition). Balance emotions (Psychological Nutrition). Satisfy the soul (Spiritual Nutrition). And connect us with others (Social Nutrition).
The WPIE program also tells us that when we eat with awareness of the 4 facets of food — and put them into practice — it may be possible to halt, even reverse, overeating and overweight.
In other words, the Foundations of Whole Person Integrative Eating Certificate Course shows you how to put the multidimensional healing power of food into practice. Each time you eat.
Whole Person Integrative Eating, into knowledge, skills, and in-action strategies
to eat less, weigh less, and enhance health.
Without dieting.
The Missing Piece
in the Food-Weight Conversation
Most of us “go on a diet” to lose weight. Yet the lost weight — and more — typically returns. So, too, does the frustration, the confusion, and too often, the self-blame.
Here’s what research shows: dieting fails because it typically addresses only part of the picture — what you eat and how much. It rarely touches the deeper reasons overeating happens in the first place, such as emotional triggers, eating behaviors, environmental cues, and social surroundings — each of which can quietly influence overeating and weight gain.
Without addressing the root causes of overeating that behavioral scientist Larry Scherwitz, PhD, and I identified in our original research, eating less and weighing less remains challenging — no matter how motivated you may be.
But once root causes are addressed, lasting change may become possible.
Meet Your Instructors
Deborah Kesten, MPH
Nutrition Researcher | Author | Educator
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Larry Scherwitz, PhD
Behavioral Scientist | Senior Research Scientist
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Discovering the Root Causes of Overeating — and the WPIE Rx
In our research, Larry and I identified what we call today’s 7 new-normal overeating styles — a complex of food choices and eating behaviors that are strongly linked to overeating and weight gain.
In our study with 5,256 participants, those who replaced their overeating styles with the principles of Whole Person Integrative Eating® during the 6-week e-course ate less and weighed less. Without dieting. One meal at a time.
The 7 principles of Whole Person Integrative Eating comprise the Foundations of Whole Person Integrative Eating Certificate Course — a science-backed dietary lifestyle designed as a lifetime practice for eating well, weighing less, and enhancing health.
Transform Your Relationship to
Food, Eating, and Weight
Foundations of Whole Person Integrative Eating is a science-backed dietary lifestyle to treat the root reasons many overeat and gain weight.
In 20 modules, you’ll gain the knowledge, skills, and in-action strategies to transform both what (food choices) and how (eating behaviors) you eat — making eating less and weighing less possible. Without dieting.
The Curriculum: 20 Modules,
6 Components Each
Foundations of Whole Person Integrative Eating is a science-backed dietary lifestyle to treat the root reasons many overeat and gain weight.
In 20 modules, you’ll gain the knowledge, skills, and in-action strategies to transform both what (food choices) and how (eating behaviors) you eat — making eating less and weighing less possible. Without dieting.
This course is for anyone ready to transform their relationship to food — and for the professionals who guide them.
Graduates Speak: In Their Own Words
“This is the first certification program I have done that addresses the whole person — physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually — which is absolutely essential for creating and sustaining healthy living practices for a lifetime!”
“The WPIE program provides a holistic and multidimensional approach to help clients change their entire relationship with food and eating and adopt lifelong behavior change.”
“I wanted to take the WPIE course to help my clients lose weight and break free from emotional eating. I am eager to introduce them to the WPIE self-assessment quiz and 7 antidotes to overeating.”
When You Enroll…
Once you enroll, you’ll have access to a private course portal where all course materials are organized for you in one place, including:
✓ All 20 modules, on demand emotions
✓ The full syllabus and curriculum
✓ Audio lectures, research papers, and WPIE articles
✓ Experiential exercises and journal practices
✓ Practice quizzes and the final exam
✓ Special features throughout
You can move through the course at your own pace, on your own time.
Is This Course Right for You?
Foundations of Whole Person Integrative Eating is designed for people who want a scientifically sound program that supports eating well, weighing less, and enhancing health — without dieting. It isdesigned as a dietary lifestyle you can practice and apply each time you eat. One meal at a time.
It may be a good fit if you:
Are ready to move beyond dieting
You want a sustainable approach to eating,
designed for everyday life.
Want insights into why you overeat
You want to identify and address the emotional, behavioral, and environmental drivers of eating — not just what to eat.
Guide others toward a healthful relationship to food and eating
You are a health or wellness professional seeking evidence-based tools to help clients or patients understand why they overeat — and replace their overeating styles with the principles of Whole Person Integrative Eating that support eating less and weighing less. Without dieting.
Whole Person Integrative Eating is not for you if you're looking for another quick fix.
WPIE is the opposite of a quick fix. It’s a science-backed dietary lifestyle grounded in two discoveries:
✓ Identifying your personal root causes of overeating
✓ Replacing them with food choices and eating behaviors that support eating less and weighing less. Without dieting.
By transforming your relationship to food and eating, WPIE is designed to lead to lasting change — one meal at a time.
Eat Well. Weigh Less. Enhance Health.
Traditional diets are about rules and restrictions. The Foundations of Whole Person Integrative Eating® Certificate Course offers a clear, science-backed path to identify the underlying reasons many of us overeat and gain weight — and replace them with their antidotes: the principles of Whole Person Integrative Eating.
It is not another diet, but a dietary lifestyle you can return to — and practice — each time you eat.
So you can eat well, weigh less, and enhance health. One meal at a time.
May you always be nourished,
