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Canada-based Lululemon Athletica recently released its first-ever ‘Global Wellbeing Report’, advancing its commitment to advocate well-being and enabling holistic well-being through movement, mindfulness and connection. The 10-country study benchmarks the state of well-being with the inaugural Global Wellbeing Index, and explores the dimensions, drivers, and barriers to being well.
“The events of the past year brought unprecedented challenges to the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of people worldwide,” said chief executive officer Calvin McDonald in a press release.
The report reveals an urgency to improve, with only 29 per cent of global respondents indicating strong well-being across physical, mental and social dimensions punctuating the impact of the pandemic and social, political and environmental issues, a press release from Lululemon Athletica said.
Optimism for the future shows a sharp decline, and Gen Z emerges as the most vulnerable generation with the lowest well-being. However, all age groups and geographies surveyed showed barriers to well-being, and challenges with time, stress and access to resources expose a need for employers to better support workforce well-being.
The Global Well-being Index currently sits at 65 on a scale of 100, indicating a moderate level of well-being on a spectrum of weak to strong. The index is based on how people in countries around the world rate the way they feel across the physical, mental and social dimensions of well-being.
At face value, well-being appears to be reasonably resilient with a moderate overall Index score. However, a closer look at the three fundamental pillars of being well exposes deeper vulnerabilities. Less than a third (29 per cent) of global respondents indicate strong well-being across all three dimensions.
Only 15 per cent consider themselves in good physical health, while 17 per cent feel they are able to manage stress effectively. Ninteen per cent feel like they have enough energy to be able to accomplish things they need to do every day. Only 19 per cent feel confident in themselves most of the time and 18 per cent have a good work-school-home life balance.
Optimism for the future is on the decline. The last year—marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic inequities in our society—took a massive toll on global confidence. Optimism has fallen by 19 percentage points with only 40 per cent feeling optimistic about the future now, compared to 59 per cent who felt optimistic about the future a year ago.
People with a proactive mindset are significantly more likely to be optimistic about the future (53 per cent) than those who are not proactive (22 per cent).
The impact of being proactive is seen in China, the market with the highest regional Wellbeing Index of 79 (vs. 65 global average), and 62 per cent of its citizens feeling well across all three dimensions. The research indicates strong well-being in China is supported by a proactive mindset amongst 78 per cent of the population.
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Lululemon Athletica recently released its first-ever 'Global Wellbeing Report', advancing its commitment to advocate well-being and enabling holistic well-being through movement, mindfulness and connection. The study benchmarks the state of well-being with the inaugural Global Wellbeing Index, and explores the dimensions, drivers, and barriers to being well.