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Indian wellness influencers must now display their qualification The Indian government is set to make the disclosure of qualifications a must for social media influencers endorsing health and wellness-related products and practices. This must be done in an obvious manner so that audiences don’t miss them. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

The $76 Billion Diet Industry Asks: What to Do About Ozempic? Annick Lenoir-Peek, a lawyer from Durham, N.C., has struggled with her weight since adolescence. She has tried Atkins and keto and spent thousands of dollars over decades on weight-loss efforts and programs such as Noom, Nutrisystem and Weight Watchers. Since starting Ozempic in late November, she’s lost around 30 pounds. Read More from the…

The $500 billion beauty industry’s ‘green’ ambitions are a patchwork at best. And they’re falling short With no international standard for the beauty industry on how much product ingredient information to share with customers, brands can set their own rules and goals, giving rise to confusion and “greenwashing,” where sustainability claims are often touted but not substantiated. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Neuroscents The scents were scientifically designed to activate neural pathways for targeted emotional responses. “The brain-triggered technology uses data fielded from both conscious and unconscious responses to different scent notes and their effect on the brain,” Herman told Nylon. Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Eli Health Raises $3.6M to Take Its At-Home Hormone Monitoring Solution Toward Commercial Launch Eli, a Canadian healthtech company working on a saliva-based hormone testing solution has raised $3.7M (5M CAD) in new funding to take its product through clinical validation and regulatory approvals ahead of a commercial launch. Eli was founded by Marina Pavlovic Rivas and Thomas Cortina in 2019. Read More from the…

Wellth raises $20 million to scale up its ‘behavioral economics’ approach to tackle chronic conditions  Los Angeles-based Wellth develops app-based digital health programs that use financial incentives and behavioral economics strategies combined with a consumer-grade smartphone experience to improve adherence to patients’ care plans. Read the article on fiercehealthcare > Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

Padel Haus Adds $7.5M to Scale its Indoor Court x Club Concept Pickleball’s European rival has arrived in America. The latest: Padel Haus, a 16K-square-foot padel club that opened in Brooklyn last summer, raised $7.5M in Series A funding. Billed as NYC’s “first and only” padel club, with new capital secured, the company plans to open three additional clubs across the Northeast in the next…

< Report: Digital health funding reaches $3.4B in first quarter filled with mega-deals Digital health startups raised $3.4 billion across 132 deals in the first quarter, according to Rock Health’s latest funding report. Though investment in Q1 surpassed the last two quarters – where companies notched $2.7 billion in Q4 and $2.2 billion in Q3 – the authors noted this probably isn’t a return to…

Nancy Griffin launches #ExposeAgeism positive ageing pledge Experts A dozen companies have already signed up to the #ExposeAgeism pledge The founder of the Glowing Older podcast, Nancy Griffin, has launched #ExposeAgeism, a movement to raise awareness about ageism in the spa, wellness and beauty industries. Read the article on EuropeanSpaMagazine > Read More from the Global Wellness News ™

The Digital Wellness Lab aims to mediate between TikTok and parents As some states try to regulate children’s social media use and TikTok emerges as a geopolitical chew toy, a new clearinghouse has emerged for mediating between tech companies and those concerned about their products’ impact on kids: the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Read More from the Global…