January 15, 2020 (vol. 129, iss. 50) • Page Image 14
…Wednesday, January 16, 2019 // The Statement 7B Wednesday, January 15, 2020 // The Statement 7B I n 2010, while sitting at a table in a no-longer-existing diner, I used the iPhone application Lose it! for the first time. I was eleven years old. At the beginning of the last decade, “wellness” took off as a modern trend and began its descent into a capitalist, money- making business that thrives on pyramid schemes and overpriced vitamin...…