Weight loss drugs like Ozempic are lowering the US obesity rate–Gallup News A new Gallup poll indicates that the rate of obesity among US adults has declined over the past three years as GLP-1 use by adults rose sharply from 6% in early 2024 to 12% today. Obesity fell from 40% of the population in 2022 to 37% in 2025 (the equivalent of 7.6 million…
A large observational study (2025) from Australia’s Monash University, spanning a decade and involving over 10,000 people over 70, found that people who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39% compared with those who did not. The regular music-listeners also had a decreased risk of experiencing general cognitive decline and performed consistently better on memory tasks and cognitive function…
New GWI Report Shows UAE’s Wellness Economy Has Surged to $41 Billion Last week, at the sold-out Global Wellness Summit in Dubai, the GWI released a new Geography of Wellness report on the UAE, revealing its wellness market grew an eye-opening 14.3% annually between  2019 and 2024, making the country the wellness growth leader in the Middle East-North Africa. Standout markets for growth: the UAE’s…
The GWI just released the Global Wellness Economy Monitor 2025, its annual report packed with new data and insights on the wellness market and its 11 sectors. It’s a story of continued––and accelerating––growth. Since 2013, the wellness economy has doubled and saw a 7.9% increase from 2023 to 2024, reaching a new peak of $6.8 trillion. Over the last five years, it experienced…
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…
