“ Of the 11 [ wellness ] sectors tracked , those that took the biggest hit were , not surprisingly , Wellness Tourism , Spas and Thermal & Mineral Springs , all with revenue decreases of approximately 40 percent .”
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Dr . Roizen set the stage with his welcome keynote , titled “ You ’ re Younger ● Maintain a Body Mass Index of 21
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Than You Think ; Silver Linings from to 29.9 COVID .” The results of research that ● Fasting Blood Sugar less than 107 Roizen shared show that while birth ● LDL Cholesterol under 100 rates are declining , we ’ re gaining ● No cotenine in urine ( no smoking ) three years of life every decade ; life ● Participate in a stress management program ( 30 mins of physical expectancy has gone from 40 years in 1890 to 78 years in 2020 . As Dr . Roizen activity 5 days a week ) shared , if we want to continue to add ● Regularly see a primary care provider years to our life and life to our years , we need to follow certain behaviors . ● Keep immunizations up to date Roizen shared a list of more than 30 Reaching these targets can reduce our such behaviors , but for simplification ’ s sake , the most important are cent , but in the U . S . population aged
risk of chronic disease by 80 – 90 per- the basic 6 + 2 : over 18 , just under three percent of
Susie Ellis , CEO and Chairwoman of the Global Wellness Summit . people actually reach them . At a time when spa guests are likelier than ever to see the spa as a core part of reaching their health and wellness goals , the opportunity for spas to educate their guests about these principles and aid them in adhering to them has never been more ripe .
WOMEN ’ S HEALTH Women ’ s health issues were well-represented at several sessions , including the panel ,“ The Economic Impact of Investing in Women ’ s Health ,” which was moderated by Carolee Lee , chief executive officer and founder of Women ’ s Health Access Matters ( WHAM ) and featured panelists Dr . Robynne Chutkan , founder of the Digestive Center for Wellness , and Suzanne Steinbaum , president and chief executive officer of Cadence .
The panel discussed data from a WHAM report titled “ The Case to Fund Women ’ s Health Research : An Economic and Societal Impact Analysis ,” which showed that though women comprise 50 percent of the workforce , are responsible for 85 percent of spending and make 80 percent of healthcare decisions , they remain underrepresented in healthcare studies ; in fact , the National Institutes of Health only started including women in clinical research after an act of congress in 1993 . Yet women are more than twice as likely as men to suffer from depression or develop Alzheimer ’ s disease . The WHAM report illustrates that when we double the investment in women ’ s heart research , every $ 1 generates $ 95
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