A major new study from the NIH (10,123 US teens) is the first to show that exposure to outdoor, artificial light at night negatively impacts teens’ mental health and sleep. Teens exposed to higher levels of nighttime light are more likely to have a mood disorder (including anxiety and bipolar disorder and phobias). This adds to the evidence that disruptions to circadian rhythms contribute to…
A new article at WWD explains how if the coronavirus is decimating so many industries, wellness is not one of them. Consumer interest in being healthy has never been higher, and it’s leading to big spending in numerous wellness categories, from at-home fitness to food-as-medicine. Wellness investment is really heating up: from Lululemon buying Mirror for $500 million to Nestlé Health Science buying a majority…
The Main Street Manifesto – Project Syndicate, June 24, 2020 The economist Nouriel Roubini argues that the historic protests that have swept the US were long overdue, not just as a response to racism and police violence but also as a revolt against entrenched plutocracy. But this phenomenon is not limited to the US. In most countries around the world, a growing number of people…
In this edition of the Wellness Q&A Series Beth McGroarty, VP, Research & Forecasting, Global Wellness Institute asks: What has the coronavirus revealed about our culture around death and dying? What is most broken and needs fixing? What tangible actions can people take to deal with all this fear, grief and dying—to put them in a better place mentally? How is digital disrupting the death…
During the past months, listening has taken on a more urgent meaning: The world has been asked to finally listen to those demanding racial and social justice. The capacity to listen (to actually pay attention, to hear both what’s said and unsaid) is the path to actual human connection and a crucial trait of successful leaders—but an amazing assortment of cognitive biases often get in…
A new study in JAMA Oncology suggests that very sedentary people are roughly 80 percent more likely to die of cancer than those who sit the least. The study, using epidemiological data and activity trackers on 7,000 middle-aged men and women, found that people that spent the most time during their day sitting were 82 percent more likely to have died from cancer during the…
