As part of its ongoing commitment to its team members, Tip Top Poultry’s Health & Wellness Team started a weight-loss challenge in the same spirit of the hit television show, “The Biggest Loser”. The challenge was intended to kick-start an overall wellness initiative within the company to encourage healthy lifestyles, increase the overall well-being of the team, and to combat the escalating cost of health insurance that the nation currently faces.

During the challenge, ten teams with five members on each team participated in the contest to reduce the average BMI for the team by the biggest percentage over 30 days. The winning team lost over 97 pounds combined, while the entire group lost 674 pounds. Eighteen participants improved from one category on the BMI chart (categories are “Normal”, “Overweight”, “Obese”, and “Extremely Obese”) to another category. Three of the participants lost more than 20 pounds.