title: The Application of Systems Science to Addressing Obesity at the Workplace: Tapping into Unexplored Potential.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
authors: HealthPartners, Health Promotion Department, HealthPartners Institute, Department of Population Health, Minneapolis, MN, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Dr Pronk), Boston, MA; and Department of Global Health and Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health (Dr Narayan), Atlanta, GA.
authors: Nicolaas P
authors: NP
authors: Pronk
authors: K M Venkat
authors: KM
authors: Narayan
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016272:Occupational Health; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D012931:Social Environment; D049490:Systems Biology