Health (magazine)

{{Short description|American women's health magazine}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Health | image_file = Health magazine cover.png | image_size = | image_caption = | company = People Inc. | paid_circulation = | unpaid_circulation = | total_circulation = 1,370,770<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp|title=eCirc for Consumer Magazines|date=June 30, 2011|work=Audit Bureau of Circulations|access-date=December 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724165959/http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp|archive-date=July 24, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> | circulation_year = 2011 | frequency = | language = English | category = Health news | editor = | editor_title = | founded = 1981 | firstdate = | finaldate = April 2022 | country = United States | based = New York, NY | website = {{URL|http://www.health.com}} | issn = 1059-938X }} '''''Health''''' (formerly ''In Health'') is an American magazine turned digital publisher ([https://www.health.com Health.com]) owned by Dotdash Meredith.<ref name=":0"/> Previously, the magazine's topics range from improper diet to dealing with life issues such as weak relationships and growing stress. Currently, the website covers a broad range of health and wellness topics, spanning from chronic conditions to nutrition to health news.

News rating site NewsGuard rates the publication as reliable, noting that it generally avoids deceptive headlines and does not repeatedly publish false content, though it also notes that the website does not always clearly separate sponsored content from original writing.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://api.newsguardtech.com/7931D1CA820A06E8797A3CC72DFE2D9D9C3ED68969F777D91C5A870FABF0D4303D45E37423BE0614A69E5279413EE2009E9F374DC4BC5586?cid=8c774bae-f044-4cc5-a898-66af3d98392e|title=Health.com|last=Tewa|first=Sophia|website=NewsGuard}}</ref> In 2019, ''Health'' launched Balance by Health, a Facebook chatbot and a 360-brand platform Wellness Warriors.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/342802/meredith-corp-to-invest-in-health-print-edition.html|title=Meredith Corp To Invest in 'Health' Print Edition, Announces New Hires|website=www.mediapost.com|language=en|access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref>

In November 2019, Meredith Corporation announced that it was investing more in the magazine.<ref name=":1"/> Meredith Corporation also announced that Cheryl Brown was joining the magazine as its executive editor.<ref name=":1"/> In 2021, the Meredith Corporation would be acquired by IAC.<ref>[https://graytv.gcs-web.com/static-files/2e326758-5269-4d26-a961-cf70fffe9981 "Gray Television Closes On Acquisition of Meredith Corporation’s Local Media Group"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128201620/https://graytv.gcs-web.com/static-files/2e326758-5269-4d26-a961-cf70fffe9981 |date=2022-01-28 }}, Gray Television, 1 December 2021, Retrieved 10 May 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.iac.com/press-releases/iacs-dotdash-announces-close-of-meredith-transaction "IAC’s Dotdash Announces Close of Meredith Transaction"], IAC, 1 December 2021, Retrieved 10 May 2022.</ref>

In February 2022, it was revealed that ''Health'' would end print publications and switch to an all digital format.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/barry-dillers-media-group-pulls-plug-on-6-print-magazines-including-instyle-and-entertainment-weekly-11644424320|title=Barry Diller's Media Group Ends Print Versions of InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, Others|first=Alexandra|last=Bruell|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=February 9, 2022|accessdate=May 10, 2022}}</ref> This occurred after Dotdash, a digital media company based in New York City, acquired Meredith and its brands, forming Dotdash Meredith.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2021 |title=IAC's Dotdash to Acquire Meredith Corporation's National Media Group |url=https://ir.iac.com/news-releases/news-release-details/iacs-dotdash-acquire-meredith-corporations-national-media-group |access-date=April 26, 2024 |website=IAC}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.health.com/ Health Magazine Official Website]

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