Whole Foods: *spit*

[nonethefewer]

Weigh Less, Pay Less: Whole Foods Offers [Employee] Discount Based On BMI

Courtesy of Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, star of such snafus as offering an Obamacare alternative and trolling the Wild Oats forum.

Originally posted at Xtinian Thoughts.  Comment here or there.

Comments

[antayla.livejournal.com]

Oh WOW. That sure will encourage them to eat healthier!

[water-childe.livejournal.com]

Here's the deal, while I do support the idea of offering greater incentives to employess who try to take better care of themselves?
The BMI is a horrible horrible tool for measuring this.
Smaller is not necessarily healthier.