Whole Foods’ Anti-Fat Policy: Good Idea?

In an effort to lower health care costs for its employees, earlier this year Whole Foods announced a new policy to offer deeper discounts on food to employees depending on their Body Mass Indez (BMI) and other various health indicators. The policy goes into effect on April 1, but the debate about it is only getting hotter.

The “Team Member Healthy Discount Incentive” is a voluntary program that evaluates the health of employees based on: