The GWI has released Build Well to Live Well: Case Studies Volume 1,a detailed look at a diverse group of 13 wellness real estate projects across the US and UK.
Why are these case studies important? Because if super-expensive wellness residences, involved in a constant amenities war, grab all the media coverage, these case studies serve as a correction. They illustrate how wellness can be successfully embedded in projects of any size (from a single home to town-sized neighborhoods), at any price point (including subsidized urban housing), for any type of occupants (from college students to seniors, from healthcare workers to cancer patients undergoing treatment). The world needs to grasp that wellness real estate projects are providing enormous benefits to people far beyond the 1%. The report also details key shifts underway in wellness real estate––from mental wellness moving far beyond meditation spaces to social connection and financial wellness becoming burning issues.
The press release is HERE.Download the full report HERE.
Pay for a medical prescription or take an art class? Instead of using traditional medications, health service providers in over 30 countries are now prescribing community engagement and recreational activities to alleviate various health issues and promote mental wellness. How does social prescribing work and how might stakeholders incorporate it into their wellness policy agendas? READ MORE
AI and other industry CEOs are sounding the alarm about the coming impact of AI on labor markets. Dario Amodei from Anthropic foresees a white-collar bloodbath and Jim Farley from Ford says, “AI is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the US.” We could cite many CEOs on how they expect AI will slash headcount and change how every job gets done. But what about AI’s impact on the wellness labor market, an industry based mostly on personal care and attention? Malleret argues that the substitution effect will remain limited. AI will instead amplify, or augment, the labor input of wellness workers.
Obesity has boomed in industrialized nations over the last century, and a common explanation is that we’ve become more sedentary, so we burn fewer calories. But a major new study (2025) finds that this is not the case. Global researchers compared the daily total calorie burn for people from 34 different countries and cultures around the world––from hunter-gatherers and farming populations with low obesity rates, to people in sedentary jobs in Western countries, where obesity is widespread––and found that, surprisingly, the total calories burned per day is really similar across these populations, even though their activity levels are extremely different. The findings have big implications for obesity. If differences in calorie burn can't explain why some countries have higher obesity rates than others, then it must be diet. The big question becomes, what is it about the diet? The researchers argue that the public health message should focus on changing what's on our plates.
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