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Whole Foods CEO John Mackey to Staff: Get Slim, Save Money

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Via: the-irascible-harry-krishner • 13 years ago • 1 comments

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey to Staff: Get Slim, Save Money

(Note: This article from 2010 provides excellent background information re: the positive impact this company is making . . .)

Whole Foods Markets ( WFMI ) CEO John Mackey (pictured), unsurprisingly, is passionate about health. Leading the country's largest and most respected chain of natural groceries, he's often credited with bringing natural-foods stores to the mainstream.

On a personal note, he has been a vegan for many years and has adopted a diet free of vegetable oils, sugars and almost any processed food. ( READ IT ALL )

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seeder Krishna 13 years ago

So when he launched a plan to give his employees discounts on health insurance if they maintained lower readings for blood pressure, cholesterol and body mass index, it should have barely made a blip in the annals of corporate wellness.

But Mackey's plan is drawing fire, in part because his wellness program, some charge, comes off as heavy-handed and focuses too much on what have been called "arbitrary" measures such as body mass index (BMI) -- or essentially how fat we are. Others say the plan is taking criticism simply because of Mackey's outspokenness on health.

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