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Research suggests childhood “adiposity rebound” may reflect lean muscle growth, not increased body fat.

Waist-to-height ratio has attracted interest as a measure of body fat and obesity.

When used effectively, data from electronic health records has great potential to enhance the understanding of healthcare changes and care quality.

Introducing forest soil on an entryway doormat shifted the indoor microbiome closer to bacterial profiles found outdoors. In the future, interventions rebalancing the home microbiome could be used for health promotion.

Fifteen doctoral researchers will be recruited to the University of Eastern Finland’s new multidisciplinary doctoral programme.

The project unites scientists, chefs, industrial actors and consumers from Finland and Brazil to develop co-created food prototypes and value chains based on plant cell cultures.

With a background in health and medicine, Namrita Rai wanted to take the next step toward health research and management. Her journey led her to the University of Eastern Finland, where she is now completing her Master’s degree in Public Health.

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.