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In the News Read recent news reports about how optimism and a focus on health and wellness impact your wellbeing in a good way—and why being positive can lead to better health outcomes.

Wellbeing-Focused Public Policy Is Getting Serious – And Being Led by Women

MONTHLY BAROMETER – WELLNESS EDITION Globally, wellbeing public policies are gathering momentum. This is not a fad: For more and more government policy-makers, the pursuit of wellbeing is just as important as economic growth. But why now? The climate emergency, widening geopolitical fault lines, social inequities and rising anger, tech, and anxiety about jobs: All these are forcing policy-makers to recognize and act on wellbeing…

US Leads Overall Spend in $828 Billion Physical Activity Market

Media Contact: Beth McGroarty beth.mcgroarty@globalwellnessinstitute.org • +1.213.300.0107 US Leads Overall Spend in $828 Billion Physical Activity Market, But Ranks 20th in Participation, Indicating a Sharp Divide in Wellness “Haves and Have-Nots” Global Wellness Institute researchers examine how the US leads and lags within the six-sector global physical activity economy, including the fitness, sports & active recreation, mindful movement, equipment, apparel/footwear and technology markets. New York, NY…

Hot Springs Global Thermal Think Tanks

Global Thermal Think Tanks (G3T) Each year before and after the Global Wellness Summit, hot springs owners, operators, senior managers and researchers from across the globe discuss a range of industry issues and opportunities to collaborate and grow together. Unfortunately in 2020 as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic the planned Global Thermal Think Tank events in Israel and also in Georgia were not…

Physical Activity Is an $828 Billion Market – To Reach $1.1 Trillion+ by 2023

Media Contact: Beth McGroarty beth.mcgroarty@globalwellnessinstitute.org • +1.213.300.0107 Physical Activity Is an $828 Billion Market – To Reach $1.1 Trillion+ by 2023 Global Wellness Institute releases first-ever research report on the six-sector global physical activity economy, including the fitness, sports & active recreation, mindful movement, equipment, apparel/footwear and technology markets. New data pushes wellness to a $4.5 trillion industry Singapore – October 15, 2019 – The Global…