Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-09T01:39:25 RDF description of The application of systems science to addressing obesity at the workplace: tapping into unexplored potential - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn19 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 The application of systems science to addressing obesity at the workplace: tapping into unexplored potential Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Systems Science 14395 58 2 Workplace Occupational Health Obesity 23370 Health Promotion <p>OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to address the need for explicit recognition that obesity is complex in its biological, social, psychological, and societal determinants and ramifications, and that applications of programs to address obesity at the workplace need to recognize this setting as a complex social environment. Efforts to address this complexity more meaningfully demand intentional application of systems science principles and approaches. METHOD: Along with several relevant examples, a description of systems sciences and the application of its principles to obesity and the workplace setting are presented. CONCLUSIONS: Systems science provides a method to explore large proportions of unexplored potential and unexplained variation in obesity research as applied to the workplace.<p> 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000648 public document-rn19