The Indoor Wellness Proposition Is in Retreat, While the Outdoor One Is Exploding By Thierry Malleret, economist Peloton – a wellness tale. When it comes to Peloton’s recent decline, rising bike prices, plunging earnings, and investor concerns about the company’s management are cited as the issues. But what needs to be talked about more is that the growth of “indoor” wellness is in decline, while…
The Wealth/Wellness Connection: Swiss, Icelandic & US Consumers Spend the Most on Wellness The GWIs new research report, “The Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings,” is packed with information on national wellness markets, including which countries spend the most per capita on wellness. Not surprisingly, the average annual consumer spend on wellness is the highest in the very wealthiest economies. Nearly all of the…
New Research Report The Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings Report The nonprofit Global Wellness Institute (GWI) released today “The Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings,” the first research to measure the wellness economies of 150 nations. It’s packed with information on national wellness markets from average wellness spend per capita to the wellness market’s contribution to each nation’s overall economy. The research was presented today at…
NEW Global Wellness Institute Research Ranks 150 Countries by Wellness Market Size The US ($1.2 trillion), China ($683 billion) and Japan ($304 billion) are the world’s largest wellness economies; Switzerland, Iceland and the US rank first for wellness spending per capita–where consumers spend over $3,600 a year The Global Wellness Economy: Country Rankings Report The nonprofit Global Wellness Institute (GWI) released today “The Global Wellness Economy:…
Dear Friends, At the Global Wellness Summit (GWS) in Boston in November 2021, the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) announced a ground-breaking new series about the world of wellness to be produced for GWI by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions and hosted on a commercial microsite BBC.com. The series will seek to consider what ‘wellness’ means for a global audience, showcase exciting innovations contributing to individual and…
Global spread of autoimmune disease blamed on western diet–The Guardian, January 9, 2022 Globally, autoimmune diseases (ranging from type 1 diabetes to rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis) are rising by between 3% to 9% a year, even in countries where they did not exist before. This seems to be correlated with the rate of adoption of western-style diets and specifically fast food, which…
