wellness industry
Self-care commercial sector
The wellness industry encompasses businesses selling products and services marketed as promoting health, self-care, and personal well-being—fitness centers, spas, supplements, meditation apps, organic foods, alternative therapies, and lifestyle coaching.
The term often carries a skeptical edge, suggesting an ecosystem where scientific claims mix freely with pseudoscience and where self-improvement becomes consumerism: The wellness industry has turned anxiety into a billion-dollar market.
- standing desksElevated work surfaces for standing
- naturopathyAlternative healing using nature
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- life coachingPaid motivation and planning
- dietitianLicensed food and nutrition expert
detoxification · crystal healing · superfoods · mindfulness · hot yoga · ergonomic chairs · herbal remedies · influencer culture · clean eating · juice cleanse · skincare routines · yoga studios · probiotics · gut health · pseudoscience · meditation · facials · mental health day
- Psychiatry Critiqueanti-psychiatry, overmedicating, overdiagnosis, involuntary treatment, involuntary commitment
wellness industryevidence-based medicine
Clinical care guided by research
clinical medicine · pharmaceutical industry · biomedicine · hospital system · acute care