Natural Foods Merchandiser

The future of wellness

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The often overlapping worlds of natural products and wellness are growing and evolving at a breakneck pace. To understand one segment, you must understand the other. Natural Foods Merchandiser’s second annual look at The Future of Wellness gives you a front-and-center view of thought leaders in the sometimes nebulous world of wellness.

Just as the natural products industry can no longer be relegated to health food and vitamin shops, the term wellness now means a lot more than the absence of a fever. The often overlapping worlds of natural products and wellness are growing and evolving at a breakneck pace. To understand one segment, you must understand the other. Natural Foods Merchandiser’s second annual look at The Future of Wellness gives you a front-and-center view of thought leaders in the sometimes nebulous world of wellness.

You’ll learn from Luis Pacheco, MD, a celebrity physician in the Hispanic community, about how the burgeoning Hispanic population could affect the nation’s health care system. Author Robyn O’Brien explains that the way in which we communicate the message that our food system is poisoned is key to reaching consumers. And see how a 12-year-old boy is taking on our fast-food nation and providing youth with healthier meal options.

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Good article, that's part of the future of wellness.
But one big piece your missing. And that's the role of health coaches in the future of wellness, the future of
health care, not disease care.

By the chi lifestyle  on Mar 2, 2011
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