Thinking in Circles About Obesity
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Abdel-Hamid, Tarek K.
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Systems theory
Energy policy
Psychologists
Prevention of obesity
Weight loss
Energy policy
Psychologists
Prevention of obesity
Weight loss
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2012
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SoL North America
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The strength of the systems approach lies in its capacity to integrate variables that otherwise would be isolated from each other. As shown in this article, in the case of human weight and energy regulation, systems thinking allows us to better understand the feedback interactions between the physiological and the behavioral. Psychologists have found that most people intuitively view causality in linear terms, expecting effect to always be proportional to cause. But the effort needed to accomplish a task often increases exponentially, not linearly, as the difficulty of the task increases. This is one of the perspectives that a systems approach to weight management - and other cognitive and physical tasks - can offer
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Hamid, Tarek KA. "Thinking in Circles About Obesity."�Reflections�11.4 (2012).
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.