Welcome to Health Matters Magazine
and HealthMattersMag.com
(Together, “Health Matters”)
Health Matters is unlike any other local publication or Web site. Why? Because we provide information on a topic that is critical to every person in our community—their health. We strive to provide our readers with features related to the many different aspects of their overall health, including information about health care, weight loss, food, nutrition, fitness, exercise, mental health, aging, as well as news on the latest medical and dental breakthroughs, all of which have a tremendous impact on the quality of life of every person. Our health professionals help our readers improve their lives, feel great about themselves from head to toe, inside and out, with delicious and healthful recipes, proven exercise tips, healthful eating plans, and real life tools that can be used to enjoy optimal health, no matter your age.
Health Matters Magazine is a full-color, glossy, bimonthly publication for Wichita and surrounding cities, Hutchinson, Newton, El Dorado, and McPherson, with issues released in February, April, June, August, October, and December. Everything, from production to printing, is done in the Wichita metro-area, therefore, benefiting our local community. Our contributing writers, editors, and the members of our Medical/Health Advisory Board are all local health and fitness professionals, and are committed to bringing our readers the most reliable and up-to-date information to help them achieve and maintain a healthy life.
Health Matters Magazine has a (Verifiable) bimonthly distribution of 50,000, and is distributed, as follows: Approximately 38,000 are mailed directly to specific homes in Wichita and the surrounding cities, in strategically selected zip code areas that target homes with annual income levels of $65,000+. Approximately 1800 copies of Health Matters Magazine are mailed directly to local physicians and dentists. The remaining 10,000 are available, free of charge in Wichita and surrounding cities, Hutchinson, Newton, El Dorado, and McPherson, at our advertiser locations, local hospitals, pharmacies, medical and dental offices, salons, and area YMCA locations.
With our Web site, we're committed to bringing you the most credible and relevant health information available online, and to giving you the best possible user experience. Our information is easy to understand and incorporate into your everyday life. There's much to explore on HealthMattersMag.com, including:
Article Archives: a listing, by topic, of articles previously published in Health Matters Magazine, and on our Web site, including healthful recipes, to help you prepare more nutritious foods, along with beneficial health information provided by local health care and fitness professionals. You’ll find exercise and fitness tips, the latest in medical news, weight loss advice, senior-related and information, including resources available for the thousands of aging and individual caregivers in our community, Helpful answers to questions from our board-certified medical experts from the many top-tier Medical and Health institutions and facilities in our local area, including KU School of Medicine, Wichita, Via Christi Health, Wesley Medical Center, and more. Our goal is to connect local health care professionals with the communities they serve, and to provide as many tools and features as possible, to help you, and your family, live a full, healthy life.
Interactive features, including videos, photo galleries, a community events calendar, Professional Profiles, and online Professional Directory.
We will be continuously adding more information, interactive tools, and features to Health Matters, so check back often.
Our Regular features include:
Food & Nutrition ~ It’s true, you are what you eat! That’s why we provide our readers with latest nutritional news and expert advice to improve how and what to eat. Everyone loves our healthful, yet fabulously tasty recipes that make it easier to stay on track and help you feel and look your very best.
Weight Loss ~ We are taking on the largest epidemic in our Country’s history—obesity. And, since different weight loss plans work for different people, we offer a variety of articles, offering motivation, and exploring different weight loss plans and tools that aid in setting and achieving healthy weight loss goals.
Medical News ~ Authoritative articles on the cutting edge of science with informative, engaging, and truly fascinating commentary by local medical and health professionals addressing the latest developments in technology, health care and medicine.
Mental Health ~ Our experts provide thought provoking articles that help our readers cope with daily life and the many psychological challenges it often brings.
Health & Fitness ~ Live a healthier life with health and fitness advice from our health and fitness experts. They tackle the toughest fitness and health-related challenges.
Senior Living ~ Our goal is to help our readers live a healthier and more active life well into their “golden years.” We explore all aspects of aging, including the medical, physical, emotional and financial issues that often affect seniors, their families, and caregivers. We believe that living a healthful and active lifestyle is the key to living a happy and fulfilling life. Whether you start in your teens or your 80’s, it’s never too late to start living.
Healthy Kids ~ Our country is facing an obesity epidemic like we have never seen before. The rate of childhood obesity is skyrocketing, and our goal is to take on this problem head-on. Family fitness takes some parental commitment, leadership and imagination, and our experts help readers create a family-friendly environment that will foster a more active, fun, and ultimately, more healthy lifestyle for the entire family.
Distribution Matters
Not All Local Magazines Are Created Equally
| Publication | Distribution | Homes | Physicians & Dentists |
| Health Matters Magazine* | 50,000 | 38,062 | 1,800 |
| Splurge | 10,000 | -0- | -0- |
| Womensfocus | 10,000 | -0- | -0- |
| Generation Boom | 15,000 | 5,000 | -0- |
*Verifiable Distribution *100% Local Ownership *100% Local Content and Production
Some of our Direct Home Delivery Areas Include:
East – 67206, 67207, 67208, 67218, 67220, 67226, 67230
Developments such as: Flint Hills, The Foliage, Belle Terre, LakePoint, Rocky Creek, Savanna, Tallgrass (all areas), White Tail, Crestview (all areas), North Point, Wilson Estates, Reed’s Cove, The Reserve, The Hawthorne, Vickridge, Polo Estates, Eastborough, etc.
West – 67205, 67209, 67212, 67215, 67235
Developments such as: Auburn Hills, Breezy Point, Briarwood Lakes, Cedar Park, Deer Glen, Deer Trail, Forest Lakes, Fox Run, Mere Ridge, Rainbow Lakes, Reflection Ridge, Sterling Farms, etc.
Additional Delivery Areas:
Riverside; The Moorings, College Hill, Harbour Isle, Benjamin Hills; Crescent Estates, and various areas in Andover, Derby, Haysville, and Valley Center
**These 38,062 magazines are mailed to specific homes in Wichita and the surrounding cities, in strategically selected areas (see right) that target homes with the annual income of $65,000+. (We mail more magazines directly to homes than ALL other local magazines COMBINED.) Approximately 1,800 copies are mailed to physicians and dentists and 10,000 of the remaining copies of Health Matters Magazine are available, free of charge, at area YMCA locations, as well as at our advertiser locations, senior centers, local hospitals, medical and dental offices, pharmacies, and other fine retailers in Wichita and surrounding cities, Newton, Hutchinson, McPherson, and El Dorado.
ZIP CODE Delivery
| ZIP Code | City | Distribution |
| 67203 | Wichita | 1,994 |
| 67206 | Wichita | 4,278 |
| 67207 | Wichita | 2,180 |
| 67208 | Wichita | 2,114 |
| 67209 | Wichita | 2,168 |
| 67212 | Wichita | 4,012 |
| 67215 | Wichita | 875 |
| 67218 | Wichita | 1,438 |
| 67226 | Wichita | 4,561 |
| 67230 | Wichita | 3,044 |
| 67235 | Wichita | 3,044 |
| 67002 | Wichita | 1,078 |
| 67037 | Wichita | 1,678 |
| 67204 | Wichita | 471 |
| 67205 | Wichita | 4,820 |
Total Home Delivery: 38,062
Health Matters Magazine will be 5 years old in 2012, and the new year will bring with it some new and exciting changes for our publication, including the following:
Beginning with our December/January 2012 issue, we will be adding approximately 1,800 local physicians and dentists to our direct mailing list. These will be In addition to the 38,000+ residents, and approximately 200 paid subscribers, that also receive a copy of each issue of Health Matters Magazine by direct mail.
Our new site will include Web-exclusive, informational health/medical videos, produced by local health professionals, lots of new and healthy recipes, and other Web site-exclusive articles written by local doctors, dentists, and other health professionals. Are you interested in a job in the health-care industry? Check out our new Careers in Health Page as we will be posting employment and educational opportunities available in the ever-changing and growing health care field, in south central Kansas . We will be adding new positions as they become available and are posted by local health care providers, facilities and related businesses.
Looking for a specialist? Our new site will also include detailed professional profiles and a local, on-line health care Professional Directory, with listings based on various health/medical categories and specialties. Also look for a calendar of local health and wellness events and educational classes available to the general public, on our new “Community Events” page, and then check out the “Event Pics” page to view event pictures as they are posted by these local companies. Make sure to log on to our new Web site to check out all the other exciting features.
Can’t Get Enough Health Matters Magazine?
Read our Web-Exclusive Articles and Recipes:
New Articles and Recipes will be added to our Web site each month, so be sure to check back again in January, 2012.
Also, Make Sure to Check Out our Web-Exclusive Videos, and Make Sure to Sign up for our Twice-Monthly Electronic Newsletter to Receive more Health-Related Articles, as well as Exclusive Local Health-E-Deals (Coupons!) that will help you live well, for less.
On the 1st and 15th of each month, starting on January 1, 2012, we’ll start making House Calls! Well, not technically of course, but look for your chance to sign up to receive exclusive articles, Health “e” Deals (coupons!), and other health-related features when you sign up for our new electronic newsletter, Health “e” News. We are starting with approximately 5,000 local email subscribers, and will watch that number grow as more and more people sign up to receive this informative newsletter and the perks it will offer. All Health “e” Deals will be provided by local businesses to help our newsletter subscribers live well for less!