Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition - News

There has been a gap in knowledge on the effect of sedentary time and physical activity on cardiac structure and function in large adolescent populations.

UEF, together with Teollisuusneuvos Heikki Väänänen Fund, will organise the 8th Karelia Symposium under the theme “Food from Wood” in Joensuu on 25 April 2023.

Higher body fat percentage, body mass index, and waist-to-height ratio had a much stronger connection to a higher low-grade inflammation than any physical fitness measure.

Elevated blood pressure and hypertension can cause early cardiac damage during adolescence which is worsened by young adulthood, a new study concludes.

The three-decade-old international cutpoint for diagnosing children and adolescents with an enlarged heart misclassifies normal heart size as cardiac damage in adolescents, a new study concludes.

People with high Fatty Liver Index have increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes at later date.

Sex-specific negative effects of inflammation on different aspects of the blood vessels is a novel finding.

Awards were presented to Researcher Andrew Agbaje, Professor Larisa Leisiö, Postdoctoral Researcher Piritta Torssonen and the Karelian Institute.

The festive atmosphere of the doctoral conferment ceremony held in Kuopio last June can now be revisited via a commemorative book, and via a video of the entire ceremonial conferment of degrees.

Carriers of two different FADS1 genotypes were recruited in the study. They supplemented their diet with 30-50 ml of camelina oil or sunflower oil daily for eight weeks.