[4] Its editors have included Stephen Kiesling, T George Harris and Joel Gurin.
[4] According to an abstract, Madison Avenue magazine reported in 1986 that American Health had an "upbeat and informative" tone and boasted of a circulation of 85,000.
[7] Then, its trademark and circulation assets had been acquired by Time Warner's Health magazine.
[7][10] American Health received the National Magazine Award for General Excellence (400,000 to 1,000,000 circulation) from the American Society of Magazine Editors in 1985, and was a finalist in that category in 1984, as well as being a finalist for the Public Interest award in 1991.
[5] The magazine won two American Psychological Association National Media Awards and a Sidney Hillman Foundation prize.