Welltodo Today: Google Buys Health Monitoring Startup, The Corporate Wellness Revolution, Tea Bars

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

How Much Will You Pay For That Body?

Boutique fitness companies promise much more than a traditional gym. But is it crazy to pay $30 for a single class?

Older millennials are leaving the city for a new kind of suburb

Older millennials are realizing they don’t have a good answer to that question anymore. The result: a migration out of the city. Almost half of millennial homeowners live in the suburbs, and the majority stay in the same metropolitan area when they buy a home, according to research from Zillow .

Meet the company leading the ‘corporate wellness’ revolution

In London, you’re lucky if you work somewhere which has a gym – or at least a deal with a sports centre for cheaper membership. Even then, working out at lunchtime is hard.

The death of retail may be one of the best things to happen to the fitness industry

By The death of retail may be the best thing that ever happened to gym owners. As retailers close, malls are desperate for tenants, paving the way for gym owners to find a deal on real estate. “Retail’s demise isn’t hurting us,” said Ben Midgley, CEO and co-founder of Crunch Fitness Franchise.

A little steep: why are there no tea bars in the UK?

The US currently seems to be enjoying a tea party to which Britain has not been invited, with tea bars popping up across the nation and sales of the hot drink shooting up 15% in the past five years. Even Drake has invested in a New York-based matcha bar – with a hip-hop-sounding ethos: “Good things come to those who hustle.”

New health insurance perk: free Apple Watches?

Prepare yourself to ship a brand-new healthy duo really hard: Aetna and Apple. And the health-insurance company’s customers may soon receive a fancy gadget from the tech titan in the form of an Apple Watch. The provider’s employees automatically get the arm candy as part of the company’s wellness program, and according to CNBC, that sweet deal might be extended to its 23 million subscribers.

Exclusive: Google buys Seattle health monitoring startup Senosis, bolstering digital health push

Shwetak Patel has struck again. The University of Washington computer scientist has sold his newest Seattle startup company, Senosis Health, to Google, according to sources familiar with the deal. It marks the latest acquisition for Patel, whose past startup ventures have landed in the hands of companies such as Belkin International and Sears.