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Multi-level workplace interventions involving physical activity and/or nutrition can significantly improve workability and work performance.
Employers can improve employee workability and performance by implementing multi-level health programs that include physical activity and nutrition components, along with organizational and environmental support.
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Fourteen workplace nutrition and physical activity intervention studies yielded statistically significant changes on... work performance (n = 2), workability (n = 3)...
Why this rating
The review includes 39 studies, but only a subset showed significant effects on these specific outcomes, with varying risk of bias.
Source
The effectiveness of workplace nutrition and physical activity interventions in improving productivity, work performance and workability: a systematic review
Aikaterini Grimani et al. · BMC Public Health · 2019
DOI 10.1186/s12889-019-8033-1
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