Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) meets weekly at 8:30 a.m. Fridays at the Cameron Center, 288 Greenmeadow Drive, Thousand Oaks.

All meetings are free and open to the public.

The meetings are designed to help participants free themselves from excess weight and/or obsessive thoughts about food and body image.

FA is a 12-step fellowship based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous.

The growing group is made up of thousands of women and men who have had trouble controlling their eating.

Many adult and teen members were overweight, some by as much as 200 pounds. Others were dangerously underweight or controlled their eating to the point of obsession through undereating, bulimia or over-exercising.

Today, many lead fulfilling lives at a healthy weight without abusing food.

For more information, call (800) 600-6028 or go to www.foodaddicts.org.