New Resource: Whole Body Cryotherapy versus Cold Water Immersion

A comprehensive comparison of Whole-Body Cryotherapy and Cold-Water Immersion, exploring their physiological effects, safety considerations, benefits across wellness, medical, and sports settings, and guidance for choosing the right cold-therapy modality. This expert-driven report breaks down temperatures, timing, risks, outcomes, and long-term benefits to help providers and individuals apply cold therapies safely and effectively. The book is available immediately for complimentary download.  

Food—Not Lack of Exercise—Fuels Obesity, Major Study Finds

Obesity has boomed in industrialized nations over the last century, and a common explanation is that we’ve become more sedentary, so we burn fewer calories. But a major new study (2025) finds that this is not the case. Global researchers compared the daily total calorie burn for people from 34 different countries and cultures around the world––from hunter-gatherers and farming populations with low obesity rates,…

Must-Reads from The Wellness World (Oct 29th,2025)

Being active and organized may be best predictor of longer life, study finds–The Guardian Research into longevity and mortality risks is big business, with a constant stream of new scientific papers. Many assess how broad, catch-all personality types (like openness, conscientiousness, extraversion or agreeableness) affect longevity. A new study, though, reveals that specific self-descriptions predict mortality risks better than broader categories. The recent research shows…

AI’s Impact on the Wellness Labor Market? Limited

     By Thierry Malleret, economist    AI and other industry CEOs are sounding the alarm about the coming impact of AI on labor markets. Dario Amodei from Anthropic foresees a white-collar bloodbath and Jim Farley from Ford says, “AI is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the US.” We could cite many CEOs on how they expect AI will slash…

Social Prescribing to Promote Mental Wellbeing

Social Prescribing to Promote Mental Wellbeing By Tonia Callender, GWI research fellow Pay for a medical prescription or take an art class? Instead of using traditional medications, health service providers in over 30 countries are prescribing community engagement and recreational activities to alleviate various health symptoms and promote mental wellness..1 Originating in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, and now utilized in dozens of countries…

Must Reads from the Wellness World (Sept 23rd, 2025)

Touch grass: How Gen Z stopped going outside and why it matters––The Independent A new study reveals that most British young people stay indoors for days at a time, fueling the mass decline of mental health and the continuing rise of the age of rage. Two-thirds of Gen Z (67%) said they don’t go outside for days at a time; 57% of millennials reported the…