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Consumers’ Health Concerns Grow in the Pandemic Across All Categories – And More Trust Virtual Care

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While the “in-person” visit to a doctor or medical professional continues to rank first as consumers’ most-trusted information source, the virtual doc or clinician rose in trust during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Euromonitor’s latest read on Consumer Health: Changes in Consumer Behaviour during COVID-19.

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The Growth of Emerging Consumer Electronics Categories Adds to Digital Health Platforms

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Of the $401 billion that will flow through retailers for consumer technology products, many of the fastest-emerging categories will play a role as platforms for health and medical care at home and in wearable tech. Consumer Technology Sales and Forecasts, July 2019 , from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

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Considering Equity and Consumer Impacts of GLP-1 Drugs – A UBS Economist Weighs In

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Since the introduction of GLP-1 drugs on the market, their use has split into two categories: for obesity and “recreationally,” according to the Chief Economist with UBS (formerly known as Union Bank of Switzerland). Most likely the food categories that would be cut would include snacks and “calorie intensive” foods.

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Mainstreaming the Connected Life, with a Side of Trust — Insights from Capgemini at the Start of #CES2024

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That’s the central thesis in a timely report from Capgemini Research Institute, Connected products: Enhancing consumers’ lives with technology. Thus, the research assesses consumers’ use and affinity for devices beyond smartphones and tablets, further explained below.

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What Walmart’s Look at Ozempic Users Tells Us About Health/Care Consumers

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As the prospects for the drug companies who manufacture prescription drugs made for patients managing diabetes and obesity are on the uptick, the likes of the makers of Pringles and Oreos are in the throes of re-thinking and -making snack foods and other products that some consumers aren’t filling their baskets with.

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The Legacy of COVID-19 Is Shaping Consumers’ Purchases for Health-At-Home

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While inflation and financial stress is depressing consumer demand for many purchases the “legacy of COVID-19” is having lost-lasting impacts on how people see their homes — especially as sites for health and wellness. Two-thirds of consumers consider staying in good mental and physical shape “extremely important.”

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Dr. Santa Intends to Deliver Consumer Health-Tech for the 2022 Holidays

Health Populi

Even as consumers’ confess a tighter spending economy for 2022 holiday shopping, peoples’ intent to buy wearable tech for health and fitness and other wellness devices appear on gifting lists in the U.S., Thus, sales for air purifiers and smart/connected health monitors garner consumer interest for gifting.