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,…
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…
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 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…
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…
A large, long-term study from the Mayo Clinic, tracking 2,750 adults (aged 50 and over) for an average of five and a half years, found that chronic insomnia leads to changes in the brain that result in a much faster decline in memory and thinking. Chronic insomniacs were 40% more likely to develop cognitive impairment or dementia over the study period than people that got good…
