Overview

The ‘Ai Pono Body Balance Program is an intensive outpatient eating disorder program (EDIOP) designed for women and men who have experienced a lengthy struggle with compulsive and/or binge eating disorders.

Participants in the program typically are weight disabled, have tried multiple weight loss programs which have not been successful, and they often have numerous medical, emotional, and social problems due to their struggles with weight and eating.

The Ai’ Pono Body Balance Program is not a weight loss program, although many experience weight loss while participating in the program. Rather, it is a program designed to give participants an opportunity to discover, explore, and resolve the psychological and behavioral factors underlying their chronic disordered eating.

Some of the participants in the program have been considering gastric bypass (weight loss) surgery and are seeking to resolve their eating disorders as part of a comprehensive approach to their weight problems. Some have undergone weight loss surgery, found themselves slipping back into destructive eating patterns, and are seeking help. Others have just gotten fed up with years of yo-yo dieting, binge eating, and loss of self-esteem.

The focus of the program is on the nutritional, emotional and social factors that contribute to problems with eating and weight and the development of healthy psychological, behavioral, and lifestyle skills.