Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition - News

Scientific research offers different perspectives to the fruit – here’s how experts of biology, nutrition, history and theology approach the essence of an apple.

Adding resistant starch in the diet could slow down the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by altering gut microbiota composition, a new study shows.

Hours of inactivity during childhood could be setting the stage for heart attacks and strokes later in life, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2023.

Female genital mutilation could be prevented, e.g., through education, research and legislation.

Arterial stiffness is a novel cause of premature heart damage among adolescents, according to a new follow-up study.

A study led by the University of Eastern Finland suggests that adolescents who engage in active school transport and leisure-time physical activity perform better at secondary school than their inactive peers.

The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights that everyone has the right to life could as well be extended to include the right to an “elevated cholesterol-free life”, a viewpoint by Dr Andrew Agbaje of the University of Eastern Finland, published in Frontiers in Pediatrics, concludes.

Taking higher-than-recommended doses of vitamin D for five years reduced the risk of atrial fibrillation in older men and women, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.

”As much as I can recall, I have had a passion for public health. I want to have a voice in public health issues particularly in maternal and child health, which is still a developing area in Ghana,” says Theresa Opata Owusu-Serchire.

The recommendations are based on the best available research knowledge on food intake, health and the environment, showing that in most cases, healthy food is also good for the environment.