The Economic Impact of Wellness Travel on Small, Tourism-Dependent Countries

The Economic Impact of Wellness Travel on Small, Tourism-Dependent Countries  For counties like Aruba and Seychelles, wellness is an outsized percentage of total GDP      The GWI’s new research report, the first to measure the wellness economies of 150 nations, ranks countries by the annual, average consumer spend on wellness. What’s surprising is that countries such as Aruba and Seychelles rank so high on…

New Digital Booklet from the Nutrition for Healthspan Initiative 

Digital Booklet from the Nutrition for Healthspan Initiative One of over 30 GWI Initiatives led by renowned thought leaders in their field, the Nutrition for Healthspan Initiative is committed to developing and providing the public with researched, attainable practices for improving nutrition in the home, including down-to-earth advice and easy-to-follow guidelines for both wellness enthusiasts and industry service providers. This GWI Initiative team, co-chaired by…

Learn More About Ambassadors + Become A Part of the GWI Inner Circle

GWI AMBASSADORS Learn More About Our Ambassadors And Become A Part of the GWI Inner Circle Ambassador Directory – Now Online Meet the highly impressive global wellness leaders who serve as GWI Ambassadors. These wellness professionals play a critical role in GWI’s mission to empower wellness worldwide. You are invited to make a gift of $1,000 or more to the Institute and become an Ambassador for…

March 2022 | REFLECT

Authored by Renee Moorefield, member of the Global Wellness Institute (GWI) Advisory Board and CEO of Wisdom Works Group WHAT DOES “REFLECT” MEAN TO YOU? That was my first question to Victor Koo during our recent dialogue about The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease. And who better to ask than a dynamic wellness leader? Victor has dedicated his life and career to advancing…

MUST-READS FROM THE WELLNESS WORLD (Week of Feb 23, 2022)

6 trends that define the future of health and wellness–World Economic Forum, February 15, 2022 The pandemic has made people more health conscious and willing to embrace wellness (when they can afford it). A recent IPSOS survey sheds interesting light on how wellbeing will change in a post-COVID world and the trends that will impact it: (1) an aging population; (2) more virtual healthcare; (3)…

Study: Time-Restricted Eating Prevents and Manages Conditions Like Obesity and Diabetes

A recent metareview of studies from the Salk Institute found that eating your daily calories within a consistent window of 8-10 hours is a powerful strategy to prevent and manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. The study found that eating at random times messes with the synchrony of our internal circadian rhythms which makes us prone to a host of diseases—and that time-restricted…