Talk:Wellness (alternative medicine)

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 7 June 2021 and 12 July 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mayathomas17, Maimaliha.

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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 25 August 2021 and 6 December 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Lm1403, Tomyriad, Nkl18. Peer reviewers: Axolotl61, Madisonminelli, RFW17, CactusJack1555, Mk1925, Alannacronk, Hannahmontana321.

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Balance

I had a delightful time reading https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/opinion/sunday/women-dieting-wellness.html and came by here to see what shape the Wikipedia articles were in. Answer: remarkably poor. There is almost nothing in this article about what it actually is. The title suggests that it's purely altmed (as opposed to, e.g., commercial promotion), and then it goes on to contradict itself by talking about (I might say overemphasizing) the connection to mainstream and conventional (i.e., not alternative) corporate programs that often have nothing to do with either health or science (e.g., pet care and legal services).

This article needs a lot more about what it is. It needs more than a dictionary definition, a walk through history, an aside about US tax law, and criticisms that amount to little more than posturing about what good skeptics we are.

Where's the financial information? This industry annually rakes in four Trillion-with-a-capital-T dollars, but that's not mentioned. Where's the sociological information? This is a highly gendered subject, but words like women or diet or young don't appear in this article. I've looked at some of the older versions, and they had problems, but at least they tried to describe what the thing is. I'm really disappointed in this mess. Does anyone have ideas for how to fix it, other than ignoring what's here and re-writing from scratch? WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:57, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Suggestions

Overall, I think this Wellness (alternative medicine) article could benefit from modifications in formatting, along with more of an emphasis on alternative medicine practices and their impact on the mind/body. Under the overarching history section, current and mainstream wellness practices are included. Thus, I think there should be a clear distinction between its adoption in the 1970s and its applications to nutrition and fitness in the 2000s. Headings, such as “The History of The Term Wellness” and “Current US Consumer Spending on Wellness” can be added to differentiate these time periods. Furthermore, I think that adding examples of alternative medicine is important, as the article’s title suggests a focus on this idea. However, the article mainly draws attention to how Americans are the biggest consumers of health and wellness. It primarily references statistical information on large corporations, such as the total amount of sales of organic foods and other weight loss products. Thus, the title is misleading. Rather than only concentrating on the economics of wellness, I think that the article should also include specific practices of alternative medicine. For instance, the article can mention acupressure and acupuncture, which focus on applying pressure to specific points of the body in an effort to restore the balance of energy and alleviate a variety of physical or mental ailments. It can also draw attention to reiki, which is a Japanese form of healing that transfers energy from the palms of the practitioner to the patient in an attempt to optimize well-being. Other forms of alternative medicine that the article may include are yoga, tai chi, or meditation. These different forms are built upon the connection between the mind and body in that human thoughts, feelings, and beliefs affect biological/physiological functioning. The following sources may be beneficial in the improvement of this article:

https://exploreim.ucla.edu/self-care/acupressure-and-common-acupressure-points/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/acupuncture/about/pac-20392763 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/ccf/media/files/Wellness/reiki-factsheet.pdf https://www.johnshopkinssolutions.com/the-mind-body-connection/Mayathomas17 (talk) 12:48, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

ENGL-445 possible edits

Hello, we are three students (nkl18, tomyriad) from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. taking a Disability Studies class entitled “Disability Narratives (ENGL-445).” As part of the course we will be editing this wiki page. The aim of the assignment is to engage in public conversations about topics relating to Disability Studies and Social Justice; as such, we hope to incorporate alternative perspectives on wellness into this article and will be suggesting a new section about socioeconomic factors in discussions of wellness. Additionally, we will be working on improving the citations section of the article.Lm1403 (talk) 22:58, 6 October 2021 (UTC)

In our review of this Wiki, we noticed that the “History” section is largely informed by a single article from The New York Times, written in 2010. We recommend instead that future editors consider using more diverse and up-to-date, peer reviewed sources, such as P. D. V. Charika Wichramarathne, Jeong Chun Phuoc, and Ahmad Rasmi Suleiman Albattat’s “A review of Wellness Dimension Models: For the Advancement of the Society” published in 2020 (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3841435); or “Wellness Decolonized: The History of Wellness and Recommendations for the Counseling Field” by Katie Gamby, Dominique Burns, and Kaitlyn Forristal (2021, doi: 10.17744/mehc.43.3.05).Lm1403 (talk) 18:47, 25 October 2021 (UTC)