Magazine Project Genre Research- Health

Cover:
Health Magazine is a magazine that discusses women's health and dieting/weight loss techniques. The magazine's cover pages vary more than the past magazines I have researched. Instead of being a solid white background, similar fonts and colors, and a woman on the front in a slimming outfit, this magazine has different woman dressed in different fitted clothes, with different background and font colors. This issue is a white background with a central color of yellows and greens, with a woman smiling on the center of the page in a flowy yellow shirt. Other common issues have a woman smiling on the front center with a beach background, same fonts, but colors vary based on the woman's clothing or how much they want the magazine to stand out. The 'Health' is always the same bold font and the words around the woman are in different fonts and sizes, usually black and a color that matches the woman. The words surrounding her are the main articles in the issue like "Amazing Anti-Aging techniques" and the articles the magazine believes will sell the best and catch the readers eye the most are in the larger size font. Some of the other subtitles are the woman's name and page numbers for the articles. The bold greens and yellow help the magazine stand out to the reader more, helping sell and advertise better. Most of the words on the cover are either in bold or all capital letters. Like most other health and fitness magazines, the woman's head on the front is covering the middle letter of the title, in this case the 'a' in 'Health'.
Content:
In the magazine, they have articles like "Screen Time and Social Health", "How I teach Body Positive Dance Classes", and "6 Mistakes you could be making on the Keto Diet". These articles are spread out amongst the whole magazine, more towards the end of the magazine, and all the articles have 5-10 pages of ads between them. After a couple of ads, the table of contents page is listed which highlights the main articles that the readers must read, some that were listed on the cover. All of the articles are related to health, recent news, food, fitness and beauty. The ads are typically related to food or beauty, for those are the ones the magazine believes will sell the most. On the cover page there is a healthy and happy woman smiling to represent a well maintained lifestyle. The table of contents includes pictures of woman, healthy foods and recent news articles images. The articles have pictures relating to the main idea of the article to help provide visuals to the reader.
Distribution:
The distribution number for Health Magazine is about 1,370,770, meaning my group will have a total circulation of around 650,000. There is no known awards for Health Magazine, but they have been around since 1981 and has published its annual beauty awards which highlights the top products in skincare today. In 2008, Health Magazine underwent a makeover by Michael Grossman which increased their overall circulation number.