World Health Investigation Podcast

Wellness Culture Lied to You: How to *Actually* Be Healthier in 2025

WHI Season 4 Episode 1

Feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or struggling to adopt healthy habits, even when you’re “doing all the right things”? You’re not alone, Globies. Season 4 starts with a reality check: wellness isn’t just yoga mats and green juice. We’re digging into burnout, daily routines, and the hidden forces that shape your health, like your postcode. We’re mixing vibes with verified research, sass with stats, and giving you the unfiltered truth about what it actually takes to live a healthy lifestyle in 2025.

News: https://www.who.int/news/item/24-05-2025-seventy-eighth-world-health-assembly---daily-update--24-may-2025

Key sources:

  1. Making health habitual: the psychology of ‘habit-formation’ and general practice: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3505409/#:~:text=HABIT%20FORMATION%20AND%20HEALTH&text=Decades%20of%20psychological%20research%20consistently,(that%20is%2C%20habitually).
  2. NHS Digital (2022). Health Survey for England 2021: Health-related behaviours, adult health status and wellbeing. https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-survey-for-england/2021
  3. Greater London Authority (2021). London Green Space Access Map and Data. https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/public-open-space-london
  4. Habit formation and change. Simple decisions, complex habits.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3505409/

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