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Global Wellness News™ | April 11th, 2023
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.
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.
This Pedro Pascal-backed biotech startup just raised $10M to
fight aging
Tally Health wants to use its proprietary biological age test to improve people’s health spans.
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Minibar Beauty: Hotels enter the beauty retail game
In-room amenities have undergone a major upgrade. High-end toiletries from brands like Le Labo and C.O. Bigelow have become table stakes for luxury hotels, and many properties have elevated their grooming game with items like Dyson and T3 hair dryers – The Langham Hotels and The Encore Boston Harbor are two examples that offer these high-end heat tools, respectively.
Snapdragon Capital Partners Invests Over $30 million in Spartan Fitness Holdings, LLC
NASHVILLE, Tenn.–()–Snapdragon Capital Partners (“Snapdragon”), a leading private equity investment firm focused on high growth consumer companies and a founding investor in Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF), announced today that it has invested over $30 million in Spartan Fitness Holdings, Inc. (“Spartan” or the “Company”).
Beauty as a feeling
Skip to main content Apr 05, 2023 How experts are redefining beauty through an emotional wellness lens. Beauty and wellness have gradually merged in recent years as consumers continue to look for wellness practices in new corners of their lives.
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