Research
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Evidence regarding the impact of workplace physical activity and nutrition interventions on productivity is limited and insufficient.
Employers should be cautious when expecting significant productivity gains from workplace health interventions, as the current evidence base is limited and insufficient.
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Only few systematic reviews have focused on work-related outcomes, such as productivity and absenteeism... and show that existing evidence is unclear and insufficient.
Why this rating
The review explicitly states that evidence is unclear and insufficient.
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
systematic_review · n=249175Cited 219×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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- Multi-level workplace health promotion interventions combining physical activity and/or nutrition with organizational and environmental changes significantly reduce absenteeism.Moderate
- Multi-level workplace interventions involving physical activity and/or nutrition can significantly improve workability and work performance.Moderate
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