Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition - News

The study authored by Docent Andrew Agbaje established persistent smoking from childhood as an independent risk factor for progressively worsening cardiac damage.

In the early 2000s, 11 per cent of those studied had prediabetes, whereas 20 years later, the prevalence of prediabetes was 50 per cent.

A new study among more than 1,500 British adolescents is the first in the world to assess the association between familial cardiometabolic diseases and the offspring’s risk of premature heart damage by early adulthood.

The Research Council of Finland has granted funding to strengthen R&D activities in wellbeing services counties, for clinical research, and for research into forest biomass in Finland and into sustainable energy solutions of the future.

Two recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland show that social support plays an important role in health and well-being in later life.

The Research Council of Finland granted funding to promote research utilisation.

The UEF Library’s Contributor for Open Science Award 2025 was given to the FOODNUTRI – Climate Smart Food and Nutrition Research Infrastructure project.

Active and passive tobacco exposure during childhood and adolescence represents a critical preventable risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease, according to a new narrative review.

The community's symposium presentations highlighted how interdisciplinary approaches are essential for understanding the complexity of cardiovascular diseases and advancing their prevention, diagnostics and therapeutics.

According to the researchers, future studies should focus particularly on the role of psychosocial determinants in explaining modal shifts towards active and sustainable commuting.