From Healthcare to Health: Asia’s Longevity Opportunity–McKinsey’s Future of Asia Podcast Over the past century, Asia has seen one of the most remarkable public health successes in history, with people living longer than ever before. The catch: while lifespans are increasing, healthspans are not keeping pace. People are spending more years living with chronic disease and disability, which has become a huge economic issue. While this is a…
The Sustainable City Yas Island––Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates The Sustainable City Yas Island (TSCYI) is 98-acre/396,600-sq.m. master-planned community located in north Yas Island, about 22mi/35km northeast of downtown Abu Dhabi. As the first “Sustainable City” community developed in Abu Dhabi, TSCYI promises to support a new way of life for its 3,500 residents by delivering a living environment that is health-enhancing and environmentally sustainable. TSCYI…
Extreme Heat Can No Longer Be Ignored—By Policymakers, or by the Wellness Industry By Thierry Malleret, economist We can no longer ignore the realities and costs of extreme heat and climate-induced storms and wildfires, which scientists are warning will only become more frequent and severe. Aren’t the last two months in Europe (which is warming more than twice as fast as the global average) enough fresh evidence? June’s heatwave may…
Advertising & the Aging Well Category: A Global Advertising Industry Perspective Report The over-60s population is the fastest-growing in most countries. The over-60s control over 50 percent of spending in nearly every category of products and services globally. The over-60s are underrepresented in nearly all kinds of advertising. Three statements that are hard to argue with. Here is a question to consider: In a world…
Why Systems-Level Lifestyle Medicine Is a Performance Strategy, Not a Perk Author: Natalie Grinvalds, PhD, MPH, CHES Most employee benefits portals offer the same things: a meditation app, a resilience webinar, a step challenge, a lunchtime yoga class. These are the tools companies reach for to support wellbeing, and employees are expected to use them to cope with their jobs. This piece asks whether systems-level…
Key Questions and Answers About What Aging Well Really Means We asked a lot of experts, “What does aging well mean?” We shared the results in a white paper and in a webinar … and we received a few questions. So we thought we would share some of those questions and answers and hopefully keep you engaged as we continue to explore what aging…
