Curated by the Global Wellness Institute and Renee Moorefield, member of the GWI Advisory Boardand CEO of Wisdom Works Group. “I am still learning.”––Michelangelo at age 87 The larger work of The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of Preventable Disease is to make wellness central to every aspect of our organizations, communities, societies and personal lives. This is truly an aspirational (and enormous!) task, but…
The Definition of LEARN: To gain knowledge or understanding To come to be able; to come to realize To become informed; to gain by experience TIPS, HINTS & INSPIRATION: Read September article by Renee Moorefield, member of the GWI Advisory Board and CEO of Wisdom Works Group, and learn how to use PREPARE as a springboard to inspire your participation in the powerful global movement:…
THERMAL/MINERAL SPRINGS The Global Wellness Institute has tracked and measured the global thermal/mineral springs industry for more than a decade. In 2013, we estimated that thermal/mineral springs was a $50 billion industry globally. Since that time, the thermal/mineral springs industry has grown rapidly alongside the broader wellness movement. As of 2023, we estimate 31,200 thermal/mineral springs establishments operating worldwide, earning $63 billion in revenues. Growth…
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Physical activity is essential to health, and yet, collectively, we have become more inactive. Physical activity is intrinsic to wellness, and the link between physical activity and good health has been clinically and scientifically proven. Yet, in recent decades, there has been an alarming trend of declining physical activity in countries around the world, to the point where as many as 27.5% to…
MENTAL WELLNESS What Is Mental Wellness?Five Key Things to Know About Mental Wellness 1. Mental wellness is more than just the absence of mental illness. The complex relationship between mental illness and mental wellness is best understood by envisioning them sitting on two separate continuums (see figure below). The horizontal axis measures mental illness from high to low, while the vertical axis measures mental wellness…
Wellness in China OTHER GWI RESOURCES & REPORTS FOR CHINA WELLNESS EVIDENCE HIGHLIGHT FOR CHINA ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
