Childhood Obesity News has been looking at measures taken around smoking, and, to a lesser extent, around alcohol, that are transferrable to obesity prevention. The most obvious is the 12-step paradigm, pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous. It has been adapted by Smokers Anonymous, and by Overeaters Anonymous (OA), whose purpose is to help people abstain from compulsive eating and compulsive food-related behaviors. Although we do know that very large numbers of people join OA, success-related statistics are not available from any of these programs. First of all, the reason why people are not obsessively tracked is right there in the name — Anonymous. Members drop out, or move away, and the information about how they are doing is simply not available. Even at the best of
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