Overeaters Anonymous Ok y'all. I have come across an opportunity to study fats in their natural habitat, and I think I am going to take advantage of it.  So I am getting my masters in sociology and criminology (this is my last year), and I am currently taking one of our required methods courses: Qualitative Methods in Sociology. I have to do an informal ethnography over a "group" (that is not affiliated with my university). I was thinking about observing a local Overeaters Anonymous group. It's just like alcoholics or narcotics anonymous, but for people with "eating disorders", such as binge eating. This is entirely academic and a masters level course, so I have to tie in A LOT of the scholarly literature about the sociological and medical implications of obesity. This is going to be one of my larger theses, so it's a big deal. What do you guys think? Any ideas of what I should study specifically about these people when I am sitting in on their meetings? For example, should I note their "excusing sentiments" of why they are obese/why they overeat? After I post this, I will be looking into the scholarly literature about OA (overeaters anonymous). I may even have to look into Linda Bacon, PhD studies!