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Read these articles that cite the AOA:

  • Classifying obesity as a disease.

  • Stigma and discrimination of obese patients found among health professionals.

  • Heavy-duty stretchers assist ambulatory crews with obese patients.

  • Severe obesity on the rise; Fastest growing segement of overweight population.

  • Cancer deaths shown to increase with excess body weight.

  • Government calls meeting to reduce obesity prevalence: AOA among participants.

  • Kraft aims to change products in view of obesity concerns.

  • Higher insurance premiums for obese persons is debated.

  • Obesity impacts children's quality of life to the degree of cancer.

  • IRS includes obesity treatment in new ruling and acknowledges it as a disease.
      Print Coverage Summary

      The American Obesity Association (AOA) reaches an average combined circulation of 15 million readers per month.

      The AOA has been mentioned in:

      • 98 of the Top 100 U.S. newspapers with the highest circulation
      • major newspapers (circulation more than 100,000) in 41 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.)
      • newspapers in all 50 states and D.C., including those with a smaller circulation (less than 100,000)
      • major domestic consumer and trade magazines, wire services, and international publications

      The following is a list of major publications, with a circulation over 100,000,
      where the AOA has been mentioned:

      Domestic Dailies (NATIONWIDE DISTRIBUTION)

      • USA TODAY
      • Wall Street Journal (Western Edition / Central Edition / Eastern Edition)

      Domestic Dailies (BY STATE)

        ALABAMA
      • Birmingham News
      • Mobile Register

      • ARKANSAS
      • Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock)

      • ARIZONA
      • Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
      • Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
      • East Valley Tribune (Mesa)

      • CALIFORNIA
      • Daily News (Los Angeles)
      • Fresno Bee
      • Investor's Business Daily (Los Angeles)
      • Los Angeles Times
      • Orange County Register
      • Press-Enterprise (Riverside)
      • Press-Telegram (Long Beach)
      • Sacramento Bee
      • San Diego Union-Tribune
      • San Francisco Chronicle
      • San Gabriel Valley Tribune (Covina)
      • San Jose Mercury News
      • Sunday San Francisco Chronicle

      • COLORADO
      • Denver Post
      • Denver Rocky Mountain News
      • Sunday Denver Post

      • CONNECTICUT
      • Hartford Courant
      • New Haven Register (Metro Edition)

      • DELAWARE
      • News Journal (Wilmington)

      • DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
      • Washington Post
      • Washington Times

      • FLORIDA
      • Daytona Beach News-Journal
      • Florida Times-Union
      • Miami Herald
      • Miami Herald (El Nuevo Herald)
      • Orlando Sentinel
      • Palm Beach Post
      • St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg)
      • Sarasota Herald-Tribune
      • Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale)
      • Tampa Tribune

      • GEORGIA
      • Atlanta Journal Constitution
      • Augusta Chronicle (Augusta)

      • HAWAII
      • Honolulu Advertiser

      • ILLINOIS
      • Chicago Sun-Times
      • Chicago Tribune
      • Daily Herald (Fox Lake / Round Lake Edition) (Arlington Heights)
      • Daily Herald (St. Charles-Wayne-Elburn) (Arlington Heights)
      • Sunday Sun-Times (Chicago)

      • INDIANA
      • Indianapolis Star

      • IOWA
      • Des Moines Register (Des Moines)

      • KANSAS
      • Wichita Eagle

      • KENTUCKY
      • Courier-Journal (Louisville)
      • Lexington Herald-Ledger (Lexington)

      • LOUISIANA
      • Advocate (Baton Rouge)
      • Times Picayune (New Orleans)

      • MARYLAND
      • Sun (Baltimore)

      • MASSACHUSETTS
      • Boston Globe
      • Boston Sunday Globe
      • Boston Herald
      • Boston Sunday Globe
      • Sunday Republican (Springfield)
      • Union-News (Springfield)

      • MICHIGAN
      • Detroit Free Press
      • Detroit News
      • Grand-Rapids Press (Grand Rapids)

      • MINNESOTA
      • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
      • St. Paul Pioneer Press
      • Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

      • MISSISSIPPI
      • Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)

      • MISSOURI
      • Kansas City Star (Kansas City)
      • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
      • Sunday Post-Dispatch (St. Louis)

      • NEBRASKA
      • Omaha World-Herald

      • NEVADA
      • Las Vegas Review-Journal

      • NEW JERSEY
      • Asbury Park Press (Neptune)
      • Record (Hackensack)
      • Star-Ledger (Newark)
      • Sunday Star-Ledger (Newark)

      • NEW MEXICO
      • Albuquerque Journal
      • Sunday Journal (Albuquerque)

      • NEW YORK
      • Buffalo News
      • Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester)
      • Journal News (Putnam) (White Plains)
      • Newsday (Nassau Edition) (Long Island)
      • Newsday (Queens Edition) (Long Island)
      • New York Post
      • New York Times
      • Times Herald Record (Middletown)
      • Times Union (Albany)

      • NORTH CAROLINA
      • Charlotte Observer
      • News & Observer (Raleigh)

      • OHIO
      • Akron Beacon Journal
      • Blade (Toledo)
      • Cincinnati Enquirer
      • Columbus Dispatch (Columbus)
      • Dayton Daily News
      • Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

      • OKLAHOMA
      • Daily Oklahoman
      • Tulsa World

      • OREGON
      • Oregonian (Portland)
      • Sunday Oregonian (Portland)

      • PENNSYLVANIA
      • Metro (Philadelphia)
      • Morning Call (Allentown)
      • Patriot-News (Harrisburg)
      • Philadelphia Daily News
      • Philadelphia Inquirer
      • Pittsburgh Post Gazette
      • Pittsburgh Tribune Review
      • Sunday News (Lancaster)
      • Sunday Tribune Review (Greensburg)

      • RHODE ISLAND
      • Providence Journal
      • Providence Sunday Journal

      • SOUTH CAROLINA
      • Greenville News (Greenville)
      • Post and Courier (Charleston)
      • State (Columbia)

      • TENNESSEE
      • Chattanooga Times Free Press
      • Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
      • Knoxville News Sentinel
      • Tennessean (Nashville)

      • TEXAS
      • Austin American-Statesman
      • Dallas Morning News
      • Fort Worth Star-Telegram
      • Houston Chronicle
      • Houston Express
      • La Prensa de San Antonio
      • San Antonio Express-News

      • UTAH
      • Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City)

      • VIRGINIA
      • Richmond Times-Dispatch
      • Roanoke Times (Roanoke)
      • Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)

      • WASHINGTON
      • News Tribune (Tacoma)
      • Seattle Times
      • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
      • Spokesman Review (Spokane)
      • Spokane Review

      • WEST VIRGINIA
      • Sunday Gazette Mail (Charleston)

      • WISCONSIN
      • Wisconsin State Journal

      Domestic Non-Dailies (circulation more than 100,000)

      • Army Times
      • Queens Tribune

      Domestic Consumer Magazines (circulation more than 100,000)

      • AARP Bulletin
      • AARP The Magazine
      • American Health for Women
      • Big Beautiful Woman
      • Catholic Digest
      • Child
      • Diabetes Self-Management
      • Family Safety & Health
      • Fit
      • Forbes
      • Glamour
      • Guideposts
      • Houston Press
      • Investor's Business Daily (Los Angeles, CA)
      • Jet Magazine
      • Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
      • Neighbors
      • People
      • Prevention
      • Retired Officer
      • Self
      • South Florida Parenting
      • Time Magazine
      • Woman's World

      Domestic Trade Magazines (circulation more than 100,000)

      • American Family Physician
      • Internal Medicine News
      • Internal Medicine World Report
      • Journal of the American Medical Association
      • NRTA Bulletin (Washington, DC)
      • Physicians Financial News
      • Physicians Money Digest
      • Restaurant Business
      • Tennessee Magazine
      • Today's Chemist at Work
      • Ziff Davis Smart Business for the New Economy

      Wire Services (circulation more than 100,000)

      • Associated Press
      • Dow Jones News Service
      • Reuter Financial Report
      • Reuter News Report
      • United Press International

      Canadian Dailies (circulation more than 100,000)

      • Calgary Herald
      • Edmonton Journal
      • Gazette (Montreal, PQ, CN)
      • Mail-Star (Halifax, NS, CN)
      • Ottawa Citizen
      • Toronto Star
      • Province (Vancouver, BC, CN)
      • Vancouver Sun

      Foreign Dailies (circulation more than 100,000)

      • Daily Telegraph (London, EN)


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