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Elina Engberg

@elinaengberg.bsky.social
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PhD, Senior Researcher at Folkhälsan Research Center and Docent in Physical Activity Epidemiology at University of Helsinki, Finland Co-PI of the SUNRISE Finland study examining young children’s movement behaviours @SUNRISEFinland.bsky.social

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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
👶 SUNRISE Finland -tutkimukseen osallistui 1081 3–4-vuotiasta lasta ja 1485 huoltajaa Suomen viidestä kaupungista ja niiden läheisiltä maaseutualueilta vuosina 2022–2023. Uusia tutkimustuloksia julkaistu:
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
New research findings! We found that better parental mental wellbeing was associated with 🏃 higher adolescent physical activity 📱 lower adolescent digital media use @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @gyllenbergs.fi Open-access article: doi.org/10.1016/j.mh...
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Tutkimustuloksia SUNRISE Helsinki -aineistosta tiivistetysti ☀️ #liikunta #ruutuaika #uni #varhaislapsuus @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @folkhalsan.bsky.social
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Maaseudulla asuvat 3–4-vuotiaat lapset viettävät enemmän aikaa ruudun ääressä kuin Helsingissä asuvat lapset
Jo varhaislapsuudessa ilmenee selviä eroja liikkumiskäyttäytymisessä: maaseudun lapset viettävät enemmän aikaa ruudun ääressä kuin helsinkiläiset ikätoverinsa, ja tytöt ovat vähemmän fyysisesti aktiiv...
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SUNRISE Finland Study @sunrisefinland.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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Barn på landsbygden i åldern 3–4 år tillbringar mer tid framför skärmar än barn i Helsingfors
Redan i tidig barndom märks tydliga skillnader i rörelsebeteenden. Barn på landsbygden sitter oftare framför skärmar än jämnåriga i Helsingfors, och flickor rör på sig mindre än pojkar.
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Summary of @sunrisefinland.bsky.social study’s results in Helsinki and the nearby countryside ☀️
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Liikunta & Tiede -lehdessä julkaistu artikkelimme nyt luettavissa 👉👉👉 www.lts.fi/media/lts_ve... #liikunta #lapset #ruutuaika
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Kippisteltiin tänään @sunrisefinland.bsky.social ensimmäiselle julkaistavaksi hyväksytylle artikkelille, jossa on tutkimustuloksia mukana 🥂☀️ Artikkeli julkaistaan seuraavassa Liikunta & Tiede -lehden numerossa syyskuussa. Stay tuned! @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
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ISBNPA @isbnpa.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
New #IJBNPA systematic review explored the association between #Family dynamics and kids #PhysicalActivity! Check this out👇 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/1…
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
- Lifestyle interventions that target e.g. low #physicalactivity and high sedentary time are effective adjunctive therapies in people living with mental illness, alleviating #mentalhealth symptoms while protecting physical #health and promoting #wellbeing www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Implementing lifestyle interventions in mental health care: third report of the Lancet Psychiatry Physical Health Commission
The physical health disparities experienced by people who live with mental illness are well documented. This population group has cardiometabolic risks and diseases at rates 1·4–2·0 times higher than ...
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SUNRISE Finland Study @sunrisefinland.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Great news for the SUNRISE Finland study as well! Congratulations to Co-PI @elinaengberg.bsky.social, and huge thanks to the Research Council of Finland for supporting our research on early childhood movement behaviours! 💛 Congratulations to all grant receivers!
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I’m honoured and humbled to receive the Academy Research Fellowship from the Research Council of Finland and to continue my work to better understand early childhood movement behaviours and health 💛 Congratulations to all the other grant recipients, and those at the Folkhälsan Research Center!
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The SUNRISE Finland study’s presentation at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Malaga featured here: www.news-medical.net/news/2025051... @newsmedical.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
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Rural preschoolers face higher risk of overweight and abdominal obesity
New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Malaga, Spain (11-14 May), reveals that 3- to 4- year olds in rural areas are more likely to be living with overweight...
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
On my way to the European Congress on Obesity and excited about Karoliina Uusitalo sharing our work from the SUNRISE Finland study 🌴 Understanding urban-rural differences is crucial in the context of ongoing urbanization and its potential impact on children’s health. @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Urban-rural differences and associations between early childhood movement behaviours and adiposity indicators. Results from the SUNRISE Finland study
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The profile update of the Fin-HIT Study is published @intjepidemiol.bsky.social ! Happy to have contributed to the planning of the third data collection wave in this cohort study following children into young adulthood. Looking forward to the future results! @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
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Josefine Kailaheimo-Björkqvist @josefinebjorkqvist.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Our colleague @elinaengberg.bsky.social from @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social presenting the SUNRISE Finland study at the Nordic seminar on health promoting physical activity. SUNRISE Finland has collected data on movement behaviours from 1000+ children aged 3-4 across Finland 🤸‍♂️
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
New publication from the SUNRISE pilot studies! We found that heat, cold, rain and social instability were associated with less outdoor play in early childhood. Greenspaces were associated with more outdoor play 👇 doi.org/10.1123/jpah... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @jpahjournal.bsky.social
Young children’s outdoor play
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Elina Engberg @elinaengberg.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Read about our SUNRISE pilot study results on preschooler’s sleep profiles in 37 countries academic.oup.com/sleep/advanc... #movementbehaviours #sleep #children
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Geocultural differences in preschooler sleep profiles and family practices: an analysis of pooled data from 37 countries
AbstractStudy Objectives. To examine (1) multidimensional sleep profiles in preschoolers (3–6 years) across geocultural regions and (2) differences in slee
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Folkhälsan Research Center @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Interested in research on the benefits of movement and physical activity? We recommend the seminar Health promotion through movement, activity, and joy throughout life, where our researchers @elinaengberg.bsky.social, Katri Ruutu, and Eva Roos will participate. www.arcada.fi/en/event/eve...
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Nordic seminar: Health promotion through movement, activity and joy throughout life
A large part of children and adults worldwide are not physically active enough, and the trend appears to be increasing. Sedentary lifestyles are one of our major public health problems. A particular c...
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Folkhälsan Research Center @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Vill du lära dig mera om forskningen kring nyttan med rörelse och fysisk aktivitet? Då tipsar vi om seminariet Hälsofrämjande genom rörelse, aktivitet och glädje under hela livet, 20–21 mars, där våra forskare @elinaengberg.bsky.social, Katri Ruutu och Eva Roos deltar. www.arcada.fi/sv/evenemang...
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Nordiskt seminarium: Hälsofrämjande genom rörelse, aktivitet och glädje under hela livet
En stor del av barn och vuxna världen över rör på sig för lite och andelen verkar vara stigande. Stillasittande utgör ett av våra stora folkhälsoproblem. En speciell utmaning utgör de växande skillnad...
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