Welltodo Today: Ingestible Health Sensors, Anytime Fitness Expands, Wellness Powders

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

Anytime Fitness to open 90 UK franchises this year

Anytime Fitness plans to have 200 UK franchises by the end of the year as it accelerates its growth strategy. The company, which opened its 100th UK club in North West London in December, has 113 franchises in the country and is confident of hitting its target for 2017 despite economic uncertainty surrounding Brexit.

Get That Life: How I Started an Activewear Company in My Kitchen

Katie Warner Johnson has never shied away from all-consuming projects. As a kid, she spent hours training at the ballet barre, forgoing a social life to dance professionally by the time she was in her teens.

Hope You Like Algae, Because It’s Going To Be In Everything You Eat

You may have overlooked this tiny organism until now, but 2017 might very well be the year of algae. Don’t believe it? It’s already in baking mixes, cookies, milk, non-dairy creamers, vegan eggs, salad dressing, ice cream, smoothies, and protein powders to name a few.

How trampolining could become Britain’s new fitness craze

The gate opens and about 100 children, and a handful of adults, fan out and start bouncing as if their tops were made out of rubber and their bottoms were made our of springs. Every day, the scene plays out up and down the country, from Inverness to Cornwall.

MIT researchers invent an ingestible battery powered by stomach acid

View Slideshow MIT researchers have developed a new safe-to-swallow battery powered by stomach acid. The technology could significantly aid in the powering of ingestible electronic devices currently being used for drug delivery and internal medical procedures like colonoscopies – as well as other wearable technology.

De-Bloating Has Never Looked So Chic: Meet the New Wellness Powders Pretty Enough for Your Vanity

“I don’t know who decided supplements should be dessert-flavored. Triple Chocolate Cheesecake flavored protein powder . . . ” Jules Miller says, nearly audibly scrunching her nose over the phone. Miller, founder of the Nue Co., a new line of elegantly packaged organic wellness powders launching on Net-a-Porter today, is on a mission to redefine the oft-overlooked category.