The Wellness Generational Shift: The Young Value Wellbeing Over Wealth By Thierry Malleret, economist The unprecedented emphasis that younger generations place on wellbeing is a major paradigm shift, and one that suggests a very bright future for the wellness industry. All over the world, and especially in higher-income countries, younger gens have an appreciation very different from their parents of what success looks like. In…
Wellness Policies Can Combat Loneliness By Tonia Callender, GWI research fellow Too often, those who experience loneliness and isolation suffer in silence and hesitate to ask for help. Physicians and psychologists have raised growing concerns about the lasting consequences of this trend. Last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Connection released its global report, From Loneliness to Social Connection, which highlights the…
Landmark Study Shows Exercise Is “Better Than Drugs” in Stopping Cancer Returning A world-first randomized controlled trial (2025) with patients from the US, UK, Australia, France, Canada and Israel has found that a structured exercise regime after cancer treatment (with a personal coach and movement equivalent to three to four walks a week of between 45 and 60 minutes) can dramatically reduce the risk of…
China’s Wellness Explosion By Thierry Malleret, economist Few would dispute that China has a unique ability to play the long game and to mobilize the required resources accordingly, whether that’s related to trade or wellness policies. Last March, during the 14th National People’s Congress, the National Health Commission announced the launch of a three-year campaign called the “Healthy China 2030” plan to promote healthy lifestyles…
GWI just unveiled Build Well to Live Well: The Future, a complete, 160-page update of its pioneering 2018 report on the wellness real estate market. Packed with new global, regional and national data, it finds that wellness real estate is by far the fastest growing market in the 11-sector wellness industry––doubling from $225 billion in 2019 to $548 billion in 2024 (19.5% annual growth). And…
Wellness Policy Actions to Help More of Us Move and Get Healthy By Tonia Callender, GWI research fellow On June 21, many thousands around the world celebrated International Yoga Day. This year’s theme, “Yoga for One Earth, One Health”, highlighted our collective need to improve our physical and mental health. The benefits of physical activities like yoga are well documented, and government public awareness campaigns…
