Vol. 33 | Vol. 33 (2) - 2022 | MENTAL HEALTH

What does the rise of the mental well-being consumer concern mean for food and supplements brands?

by

MARIA PAVLIDOU
Healthy Marketing Team- HMT , Barcelona, Spain

ABSTRACT

Mental well-being is on the rise; more people than ever struggle with anxiety, stress and depression. The Healthy Marketing Team (HMT) has identified mental well-being as the number one health trend affecting all food and health choices, from supplements to food and beverages. Consumers realize their choices can make a positive impact on their own health and the planet and want to contribute to a better future. They are no longer thinking about their physical health only but are beginning to understand the importance of mental health and how it determines their happiness. In this article, the HMT will dive deeper into how mental well-being is globally influencing the categories Food & Supplements, Sports Nutrition, Plant-based & Climate and Self-care.

WHY MENTAL WELL-BEING AND WHY NOW
Whether you are in the food and supplements industry and you are interested in consumer health concerns or you are not, but you have happened to read the news sometimes during the last year, you probably have noticed: mental well-being is a recurring theme. Think back to the Tokyo Olympic games in 2021 when Simon Biles spoke up about mental health (very much a taboo topic in professional sports until then) all the way to a study published at the Lancet (1) that shows that depression rates tripled over the course of the first year of the pandemic and you see that mental well- being is an obvious health concern.

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