To honor the vital role Global Wellness Institute Ambassadors play in the global mission to empower wellness worldwide, the GWI is hosting a VIP Ambassadors Event: A Conversation with Thierry Malleret at 1 p.m. ET, Thursday, April 15. We invite you to join us at this “insider” gathering and learn what lies ahead for the wellness industry. And, by becoming an Ambassador, you will help the GWI provide its…
The pandemic as a wake-up call for personal health–New York Times, March 10, 2021 An important reflection on what the pandemic has taught us about the cost of our failure to focus on preventative health, diet and exercise, and combatting obesity—and the “misguided reliance on medicine to patch up…our self-inflicted wounds.” With obesity the second leading risk factor for death from COVID-19 (behind age), and…
CDC study finds about 78% of people hospitalized for COVID were overweight or obese—CNBC, March 8, 2021 An overwhelming majority (78%) of people who have been hospitalized, needed a ventilator, or died from COVID-19 in the US have been overweight or obese, the CDC just reported. Just over 42% of the US population are considered obese, according to the agency’s most recent statistics. It doesn’t…
Curated by the Global Wellness Institute and Renee Moorefield, member of the GWI Advisory Board and CEO of Wisdom Works Group. “A seed today is a forest tomorrow.”” ― Matshona Dhliwayo When we engage as wellness leaders in The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease Initiative, it may seem strange to talk about the topic PROSPER. Why? Because people today often equate prosperity…
February | Revive The soft wind sends message for thy flower, while the rain washes away the Spring dust. — Shen Fu, 1808 COMPLY WITH THE SEASON, ENCOUNTER THE SPRING “LI CHUN,’ THE BEGINNING OF SPRING FEBRUARY 3, 2021 IN THE YEAR OF THE GENG ZI (YEAR OF THE RAT), THE 22ND DAY OF THE TWELFTH LUNAR MONTH Since the establishment of the “healthy…
Wellness Will Be #1 Driver of Consumer Spending Growth Worldwide—Coresight Research Coresight Research’s 2021 Retail and Technology Outlook looks at the key global retail and consumer trends for 2021—from how “doing good is good business” to how physical retail will change. Key prediction: Wellness will be the number-one driver of discretionary spending growth worldwide. The rise of the wellness app—They’re everywhere, but they can’t address…
