A new study from the University of Otago, New Zealand, on the Mediterranean, paleo and intermittent-fasting diets compared how well people were able to stick to them and each diet’s outcomes for weight loss and overall health. Less than a third of people stuck to paleo, 57 percent stuck to a Mediterranean diet, and 54 percent stuck to intermittent fasting over the year-long study. The…
A new study from a very prestigious group of doctors has dire projections for the US: By 2030, nearly 1 in 2 Americans will be obese, and 1 in 4 will be severely obese. In addition, severe obesity will be the most common weight bracket for women, low-income adults and black adults across the US. This is a quite sudden crisis: Americans weren’t always this…
When people think “wellness,” they probably don’t think hand-washing. But given the coronavirus crisis, it may be the single most selfless and effective thing you can do to stop the outbreak. James Hamblin, MD, in this month’s Atlantic, explains the power of washing your hands, how most of us do it for 5 seconds when we need to do it for 20, and how the…
MONTHLY BAROMETER – WELLNESS EDITION The spread of the new coronavirus is accelerating. According to health experts, the reproduction number, estimated at between 2 and 3 (on average, every infected person infects from 2 to 3 new people), makes an immediate containment of the outbreak elusive. It is still impossible to tell whether the outbreak will cause lasting and critical damage to China and the…
Loneliness is a national crisis. But there is a way to tackle it – Guardian, February 8, 2020 From pubs to factories, the spaces where Brits socially connect are in decline. Thankfully, there’s a group bringing local people together. Masks are wellness now – Slate, February 21, 2020 Protective facemasks are becoming the next major wellness trend—thanks to our increasingly apocalyptic world, filled with fires,…
Collectively, we’re in a wellbeing crisis. Gallup’s 2019 Global State of Emotions Report revealed people across the world are more frightened, angry and sad than ever before. This month’s Wellness Moonshot Calendar: A Year of Inspiration’s theme is include, and provides ways for you to explore what you want wellness to look like at home and at work and actions to INCLUDE more wellness in…
