Whole Person Integrative Eating Model

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I was able to find this article based on the study that involved 5256 American who participated in online course on integrative eating. They had 18 different e-classes during six weeks period. All participants answered 80 questions about their eating style and based on the analysis, the authors discovered seven reasons for overeating:
• Emotional eating
• Fast foodism
Food fretting
• Task snacking
• Sensory disregard
• Unappetizing atmosphere
• Solo dining
Later on, the authors developed Whole-Person Integrative Eating Model (WPIE) that consists of six principles is helpful in losing weight and changing lifestyle. My only concern for this article is that they did not show us more statistics and the average weight loss or any other improvement.

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