Welltodo Today: Planet Fitness Coming To Lebanon, Kind Launches Smoothie Bowls, Not So ‘Healthy’ Snacking

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

Changes in consumer spending on online fitness ‘here to stay’, says McKinsey report | Leisure Opportunities news

Leisure Opportunities news: A new report shows how the pandemic is shifting consumer behaviours in fitness, sport and physical activity – and how those changes are likely to be permanent when it comes to the consumption of goods and digital services.

How the UK became a nation of ‘healthy snackers’ – and why it’s bad news for our waistlines

Lockdown, it seems, has turned us into a nation of snackers. According to users of the Zoe Covid symptom study app, 34 per cent of Brits snacked more in last summer’s lockdown and this has risen to 53 per cent in the most recent one.

Planet Fitness coming to Lebanon

Mar. 8-Planet Fitness, a 24-hour fitness club, is coming to Lebanon in the former Big Lots building at 2425 N. Lebanon St. Matt Jackson, with the Jackson Investment Group, said the gym is expected to open in November. Jackson said his brother Bart represented the tenant and the lease is 13,175 square feet.

Council Post: Tech Pros Share 15 Costly Mistakes In Wearable Device And App Development

Wearable technology has become a hot topic in the tech world, and it shows no signs of slowing down. However, there are many challenges that come with developing and implementing wearable devices such as fitness trackers and smartwatches and the apps that run on them.

This Beauty Entrepreneur Raised $2.6 Million Before Her 24th Birthday

It is not an inconsequential thing to catch the eye of venture capitalists, especially as a woman. Olamide Olowe knows this. But the Topicals co-founder also happens to be the youngest Black woman to ever raise over $2 million in funding ($2.6 million, to be exact), which is precisely the type of thing that makes people in the beauty space-and beyond-sit up and take notice.

Fitness boost lined up for Virgin Active

Virgin Active’s British business will get an extra £45 million in funding from the fitness chain’s shareholders as part of a restructuring, Brait, the investment company that is its majority owner, said yesterday. Virgin Active Europe has been hit badly by the pandemic, with government-imposed shutdowns forcing the temporary closure of gyms in all the countries in which it operates.

Kind’s Latest Launch Goes Way Beyond Snack Bars

Snack brand Kind is known for doing one thing really well: making bars. While it also makes granola, it’s most beloved for its variety of snack bars, including protein bars, breakfast bars, mini “fun size” ones, and more. Which is why it’s big news that today the brand is expanding to an entirely new product category: frozen smoothie bowls ($3.99 each).