It’s widely believed that people put on weight in middle age because their metabolisms slow down and that women have slower metabolisms than men, and menopause makes things worse (which is why women struggle with weight issues.) A large, new study (6,500 people) indicates that those assumptions are flat-out wrong. Rather than metabolism slowing in middle age, there are four distinct phases of metabolic change:…
“Beauty” and “wellness” are elusive concepts, and a new study from the University of Pennsylvania (454 participants) analyzed how people free associate with these terms, using semantic network analysis to provide new insight into how people really think about these two concepts. The study investigated: 1) What concepts surround beauty and wellness? 2) How are these concepts linked? 3) Does the way people think about beauty and wellness change across generations (from…
Air Quality Will Become Much Bigger Focus in the Wellness Industry and Investment Space By Thierry Malleret, economist This year, climate catastrophes are here for all to see: dramatic floods in China’s Henan province, parts of Europe and India, and Uganda; unbearably high temperatures in many parts of the world, including North Africa and Turkey; “unimaginable” wildfires in the West of the US, Canada and…
The GWI announced the preliminary agenda for the very first Wellness Real Estate & Communities Symposium, taking place September 28 in NYC (and virtually). This important and timely event will bring together top wellness real estate and communities experts to discuss the radically different future for our built environments: from brand-new data to the new concepts that are transforming architecture and design to the hottest trends in development and programming. Read the press release here—and click here to register to…
2021 Summit will bring together global leaders to create “A New New Era of Health and Wellness.” The growing intersection of health and wellness will be center stage at the 15th annual Global Wellness Summit, which will take place from November 30 to December 3 in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. The theme of the 2021 Summit is “A New New Era in Health & Wellness,” and industry leaders will work to create…
Media Contact: Beth McGroarty [email protected] • +1.213.300.0107 Global Wellness Institute Releases Preliminary Agenda for Its First Wellness Real Estate and Communities Symposium Full-day event on September 28 will bring together experts to give a 360-degree view of the future for “building well”: from the new concepts that are shaking up architecture and design (whether materials or new technologies) to the hottest trends in investment, development…
