Holistic Nutrition Book by Deborah Kesten, MPH, Wins International Book Award

SAUSALITO, Calif. - May 26, 2020 - PRLog -- The Next Generation Indie Book Award has awarded WHOLE PERSON INTEGRATIVE EATING: A Breakthrough Dietary Lifestyle to Treat the Root Causes of Overeating, Overweight, and Obesity—by authors Deborah Kesten, MPH and Larry Scherwitz, PhD, with a foreword by Dean Ornish, MD—"Finalist" in the Health/Wellness category.

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. In its fourteenth year of operation, the award was established to recognize and honor the most exceptional independently published books annually in over 70 different categories. It's presented by Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group in cooperation with Marilyn Allen of Allen O'Shea Literary Agency.

"I'm honored to receive this award," said author and whole health nutrition researcher Deborah Kesten. "One of the reasons I wrote "Whole Person Integrative Eating" is to empower people to prevent, even reverse, overweight and obesity, boost immunity to lessen the risk of Covid-19 symptoms, and lower odds of a multitude of other food-related ailments—from diabetes and heart disease to depression and anxiety. In other words, "Whole Person Integrative Eating" holds the scientific key to transforming your relationship with food, eating, and weight so you can reclaim your health for life."

WHOLE PERSON INTEGRATIVE EATING is the result of more than 25 years of research by Kesten and behavioral scientist Larry Scherwitz, PhD. It is a science-backed program for halting, even reversing overeating, overweight, and obesity. Moreover, it is a model that contributes to a future of nutritional health, healing, and well-being. The book accomplishes this by inviting readers to take a quiz so they can discover their seven root causes of overeating and weight gain and the antidotes: the practical yet simple and evidence-based solutions in the Whole Person Integrative Eating program described throughout the book (White River Press: February 2020).

For more information, visit www.integrativeeating.com. WHOLE PERSON INTEGRATIVE EATING is available through online book retailers.

About the Authors

Deborah Kesten, MPH is an international nutrition researcher, award-winning author, and medical and health writer, with a specialty in preventing and reversing obesity, heart disease, and other diet-related chronic conditions. Her research on Whole Person Integrative Eating has been published in peer-reviewed medical journals.

Larry Scherwitz, PhD received his doctorate in Social Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and trained in psychophysiology at Harvard Medical School. His research has been published in many medical journals including The Lancet, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Psychosomatic Medicine.