Working off the weight
By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on July 21, 2009 at 7:33 am
The folks at Brookdale Senior Living are a right bunch of Jareds, albeit without the endorsement deals: Over 12 weeks this spring, some 4,000 of the nursing home operator’s employees took part in a weight-loss challenge that resulted in the disappearance of more than 30,000 pounds.
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