--- --- Oct 17, 2018 # Mindy Grossman Redefining Wellness by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  In September, Weight Watchers whittled its name to WW, a symbol of a new commitment to wellness over weight loss. But CEO Grossman has been on that mission for months, removing artificial ingredients from WW food products, planning a meal-kit launch and investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in helping families in poverty afford healthy groceries. _—Jamie Ducharme_ Mindy Grossman ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/health-care-50/5425019/mindy-grossman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/health-care-50/5425019/mindy-grossman/"},"headline":"Why Mindy Grossman Is One of the 50 Most Influential People in Health Care","datePublished":"2018-10-17T22:48:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:28:07.631Z","description":"Redefining Wellness","url":"https://time.com/collections/health-care-50/5425019/mindy-grossman/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte90a17a6bb992bae/69893cd9bc6cfc592a3e7360/mindy-grossman-treatments-healthcare-50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte90a17a6bb992bae/69893cd9bc6cfc592a3e7360/mindy-grossman-treatments-healthcare-50.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/health-care-50/5425019/mindy-grossman/","name":"Why Mindy Grossman Is One of the 50 Most Influential People in Health Care"}}]}] ```