Introducing Overeaters Anonymous to Health Care Professionals

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 Events.

The following OA publications are particularly helpful to newcomers. These and other OA publications are available from the World Service Office: www.oa.org :

     About OA
     A Commitment to Abstinence
     Before You Take that First Compulsive Bite, Remember …
     Questions and Answers
     To the Family of the Compulsive Overeater
     To the Newcomer
     To the Teen
     Lifeline, a monthly subscription magazine (available on-line or by mail)

To obtain more information from the Public Information Committee, send an e-mail to the Public Information Coordinator.

Information from the OA World Service Office

More information that will be useful to the health professional is available here from the OA World Service Office.

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