Welltodo Today: Adidas Gives Kids Fitness Trackers, Uber of Beauty Raises $6m, Beyonce’s Activewear Frenzy

Today’s key global wellness news articles from around the world, impacting the industry and influencing the business of wellness.

Adidas wants to put these Zone fitness trackers on every kid in PE class

Everybody likes a good fitness tracker, but nobody is thinking about the children. The poor dears are being left out of the wearable revolution – looks like it’s up to Adidas to put a gadget on every wrist and a smile on every PE teacher’s face.

Mumbai-based MyGlamm to open beauty training academics across India, raises $6M in a Series A from France-based L’Occitane

In one of the biggest rounds of funding in the on-demand beauty space, Mumbai-based MyGlamm has raised a $6-million Series-A round from France-based natural beauty products chain L’Occitane. Existing investors Tano Capital and Brand Capital have also participated in this round.

Boutique fitness muscles in on prime real estate

It’s hard to tell which is more powerful – the beat from 8 a.m. high-intensity circuit training class at the Fhitting Room on Manhattan’s West 19th Street, or the pounding of the sledgehammers six blocks north in what will be the new penthouse corporate headquarters of Peloton, a live-streaming, indoor cycling start-up.

Less Than 3 Percent of Americans Live a ‘Healthy Lifestyle’

Some of the qualifications were more easily met than others: 71.5 percent of adults were non-smokers (and indeed the smoking rate has been declining in the U.S. for decades), 46.5 percent got enough exercise, 37.9 percent had a healthy diet, but only 9.6 percent had what the study calls “a normal body-fat percentage.”( Though considering how few people meet this qualification, perhaps the word “normal” is misused here.)

The Gym Class Where You Do Nothing

Gyms that promote exhausting workouts have a new pitch for members: not moving a muscle. Fitness centers increasingly are offering classes that feature meditation. Organizers say they’re responding to the demands of stressed-out members seeking introspection and relaxation in a place they already frequent.

The compelling reason Beyonce is launching Ivy Park – a new sportswear line

It will appeal to design-conscious women as much as it will win over an awkward teenager who balks at the thought of having to wear something that hugs every curve. As Natalie Kingham, buying director at matchesfashion.com, observes, this also feeds into a shift in buying habits that has style aficionados mixing activewear clothing with other pieces in their wardrobe.