Wellness Trends: Global Summit Identifies the Top 10

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) which recently took place in Mexico City, was the largest, most diverse, cross disciplinary conference in its 9-year history, attracting 470+ delegates from over 40 countries. The theme of the summit was Building a Well World. GWS Chairman and CEO, Susie Ellis. called the Mexico City Summit "A watershed moment" as great minds from a variety of sectors including medical (e.g., the Mayo and Cleveland Clinics, Harvard and Duke Universities), workplace wellness worlds (e.g., Johnson & Johnson and Zappos) in addition to economics, government, technology, travel, spa/wellness, education, nutrition, beauty and the arts - came together to debate how to build a healthier world. According to Beth McGroarty, PR Director, the concluding report on the top shifts coming in wellness is a "distillation of what the experts at the Global Wellness Summit presented on that topic and the new developments/ideas which were most crucial to their theme." It will be interesting in the upcoming year to see which area of wellness most captures the heart and attention of the public. Ten Shifts in Wellness for 2016 1. From Cracking the Genome to Cracking the Epigenome Dr. Deepak Chopra explained that the future is decoding the epigenome, that DNA which is ceaselessly modified by lifestyle choices and environment. Epigenetic breakthroughs are coming. 2. From Optional to Mandatory Wellness With the skyrocketing cost of chronic diseases ($47 trillion worldwide o...
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