Do you have patients whose weight is causing health problems?

Overeaters Anonymous (OA)  does not  recommend any specific food plans. According to our Twelve Traditions, these are outside matters on which we do not have an opinion. We recommend that members seek the advice of a health care professional for a food plan, which is designed to meet their dietary needs.

Members are not required to follow any particular food plan, as there are many factors involved in determining what is nutritionally sound and adequate. We simply offer love and acceptance for everyone.

Nor do we have opinions on any other medical or psychological need. Our members share their experience, strength, and hope along their path of recovery. Members are free to "take what they like and leave the rest."

We are willing to meet with you or your patients to discuss the program and our individual experience along the path of recovery, as long as our anonymity is not compromised. We must always maintain our individual anonymity at the level of press, radio, television, and other forms of public media. If you would like to talk with someone, please contact us through the Public Information Coordinator and someone will contact you shortly.

Overeaters Anonymous is a proven program based on the spiritual principles of Alcoholic Anonymous. Many people have reached a healthy weight and maintained it by following this program of recovery. For a listing of upcoming monthly meetings, retreats, regional annual convention, dances or special one-day events, click on our Calendar.

The following OA publications are particularly helpful to newcomers. These and other OA publications are available from the World Services Bookstore or may be purchased at our OAsis.

Introducing OA to Health Care Professionals. Explains how OA complements professional care. Includes a questionnaire on eating behaviors.

About OA. What is OA? How do members lose weight? Why is OA "anonymous"? How can I find meetings? Flyer answers these and other questions in an engaging summary.

A Commitment to Abstinence. Suggests ways to reinforce your commitment to abstinence and develop a plan of eating.

Before You Take that First Compulsive Bite. What can you do when confronted with the urge to overeat? Find the tools and inspiration you need with this pamphlet's suggestions.

Questions and Answers. This 15-page booklet answers questions and offers definitions about everything newcomers, members, professionals and the general public might want to know about OA and its program

To the Family of the Compulsive Overeater. Offers understanding and advice for families trying to support a loved one. Describes the disease of compulsive eating and changes in behavior or relationships that family members might experience.

To the Newcomer. Focuses on miracles of the OA program. Includes the 15 questions and in-depth discussions on compulsive eating, the Steps, spirituality, a plan of eating and fellowship.

To the Teen. Recovery stories by teenage OA members. Includes questionnaire to help teens decide if they are compulsive overeaters.

Lifeline, a monthly subscription magazine (available on-line or by mail)

Professional Presentation Folder. Use at exhibits or to reach individual health care professionals. Contains the Courier newsletter for professionals, Introducing OA to Health Care Professionals, Membership Survey Report, Compulsive Eating: An Inside View, and cover letter to the professional. 4"x9" fits a standard envelope.

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