Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition - News

A common marker of inflammation was nearly doubled in people in the first stage of the syndrome, defined by excess or unhealthy body fat, compared with those with no metabolic risk factors.

The findings suggest that there is no single threshold that can be used to define abnormal eating behaviour for everyone.

The new EU-funded TasteLab project is building a unique testing environment for assessing the taste, quality and consumer acceptance of food products.

The University of Eastern Finland is involved in two research consortia focusing on the changing Arctic region and public mental health.

Different BMI trajectories were associated with significant differences in comorbidities, diabetes medication and healthcare service use over the ten-year follow-up period.

Plant-based meat and dairy alternatives can improve cholesterol metabolism, according to two extensive dietary interventions carried out as part of the EU-funded HealthFerm project.

The PhD study investigated the relationship between serum n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and direct measures of cardiac performance and electrophysiology in middle-aged Finnish men..

New additions include recommendations on reducing exposure to air pollution and on the use of individually tailored, multidomain interventions to address several risk factors simultaneously.

Children who have been in contact with dogs in early childhood are on average healthier and require fewer antibiotic courses than children without such contact.

Gene therapy for epilepsy and cell states predicting the preservation of memory functions were some of the topics at the symposium celebrating 50 years of neuroscience research in Kuopio.