The Health Trends That Defined 2025 (and What’s Coming Next in 2026) Part 1
What actually defined health and wellness in 2025 — and what’s genuinely worth paying attention to as we head into 2026?
In this special end-of-year episode, I’m joined by health and wellness journalist Rosie Fitzmaurice to reflect on the biggest stories, shifts and debates that shaped the past year — from the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and the backlash around ultra-processed foods, to fertility breakthroughs, AI in healthcare, microplastics, longevity culture and the growing move away from extreme optimisation.
We talk about why wellness in 2025 felt different, how public conversations…
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