Welltodo Today: Femtech Trends, How Pret Took Over, Do People Actually Use Fitness Trackers?

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

Femtech in 2019: 13 Trends And Highlights In Women’s Health Technology

2019 was an inflection point for Femtech which is on the path to becoming a consolidated $50 billion dollar industry while improving the lives of millions of women and their communities. Here’s 13 trends and highlights of Femtech in 2019. Innovation, investments and impact.

Boxercise: the intense workout has had a tech upgrade

At first glance, 12×3 in the Paddington Basin in London looks like any other high-end fitness studio. Its sleek white foyer leads through a café selling protein balls, gluten-free cakes, juices and lattes made from a bewildering array of plant-based milks that is buzzing with regulars refuelling after a lunchtime workout.

Far Fewer Americans Are Using Fitness Trackers and Apps Than You Might Think | The Motley Fool

Wearable fitness tracking devices continue their strong run. According to figures from tech researcher IDC, the 34.2 million wrist-worn units shipped in the second quarter of 2019 was a 29% year-over-year surge, and the analysis expects global shipments to notch about a growth rate of about 8% a year through 2023.

How all travel became wellness travel in the past decade

Even if you’ve always been the type to take an annual yoga retreat or use hotel gyms, healthy-travel options were fairly limited and siloed off until recently. You certainly couldn’t meditate via a seat-back airplane TV, book a consultation with a sleep concierge, or score kombucha from your in-room minibar.

Should you get medical advice from a bot? Doctors aren’t so sure

H amish Fraser first encountered Babylon Health in 2017 when he and a colleague helped test the accuracy of several artificial intelligence-powered symptom checkers, meant to offer medical advice for anyone with a smartphone, for Among the competitors, Babylon’s symptom checker performed worst in identifying common illnesses, including asthma and shingles.

How Pret Took Over the British High Street

Outside a central London branch of Pret a Manger, an artificial snow machine blows a small blizzard over the queue of people waiting to be let in. Two staff members wearing Santa hats tick names off on a clipboard. Inside, the tables are piled with mounds of mince pies and gingerbread biscuits.

Daring Foods will offer healthy, tasty plant-based chicken

Anyone who wants to eat a meatless burger has plenty of options – but what if you want to be a little healthier? Daring Foods will soon be offering an alternative, in the form of plant-based chicken made from five non-genetically modified ingredients – water, soy, sunflower oil, salt and natural fl…