Samfundet Folkhälsan i svenska Finland rf har blivit medlem i HEPA Europe, WHO:s europeiska nätverk för hälsofrämjande fysisk aktivitet. Medlemskapet är ett viktigt steg i arbetet för att främja rörel...

Purpose Chrononutrition, encompassing timing, frequency, and regularity of dietary intake, may affect metabolic health and chronic illness risk, making early dietary patterns crucial. This study aimed...

Who needs family meals? The association between shared meals and dietary quality among Finnish children, fathers, and mothers

Kröger et al. investigate the association between outdoor physical activity and dementia risk in older adults and whether this relationship is influenced by residential green space. They find that greater outdoor activity is linked to reduced dementia risk and better brain structure, particularly among those living near accessible green spaces.

Most research focuses on the relationship of individual movement behaviours, neglecting how different compositions throughout the day associate with cardiometabolic health outcomes.The aim of this ...

Objective To evaluate systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of exercise on general cognition, memory and executive function across all populations and ages. Methods...

Asiantuntijat muistuttavat, että vanhempien oma esimerkki on ratkaisevassa roolissa lasten liikuntatottumusten muodostumisessa.

The specific food parenting practices used by parents, along with the broader parenting style that reflects the general characteristics of their approach to parenting, may influence children's vegetab...

Evening-type has been previously associated with sleep problems, and mental and somatic health problems among adolescents. We examined how the self-re…

Compared with ample evidence on the influence of the home food environment on children's food consumption, associations between certain aspects of the…

What are food environments? Food environments refer to the physical, economic, political and socio-cultural contexts which affect people’s food-related decisions and their nutritional status. It co…

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This cohort study of children and adolescents aged 9 to 12 years evaluates person-level associations between time spent using social media and depressive symptoms over subsequent years.

Purpose Mental health problems are increasingly prevalent during adolescence. Nutritional factors, particularly antioxidants, are of interest due to their potential to reduce oxidative stress and infl...

The digital environment, from social media to AI-driven platforms, is a documented risk to the mental health of children and adolescents in the WHO European Region – but countries can already work to ...

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LIITU-tutkimus tuottaa tietoa lasten ja nuorten liikkumisesta, liikunta- ja terveyskäyttäytymisestä, paikallaanolosta ja unesta sekä liikuntaan liittyvistä asenteista, arvoista ja kokemuksista.

Vill du leda en organisation som spelar en roll? Folkhälsans förbund söker nu en engagerad och visionär förbundsdirektör med aktivt samhällsintresse för att tillsammans med styrelsen och ledningsgrupp...

The effects of climate change will exert both indirect (e.g. ecosystem disruption, air pollution, and changing disease-vector patterns) and direct (e.g. drou...

Older adults in Wales who had the jab were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia that those not vaccinated

Research Assistant (+ six years PhD tuition fees) to join the Discovering Liveability: Co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention project, contributing to innovative suicide research that centres...

Cohort Profile Update: Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT)

Introduction Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder among children and adolescents. The disorder negatively influences their academic performance and s...

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The world’s happiest country has managed to keep its No. 1 ranking for eight years running. The picture in the United States isn’t so rosy.

Uuteen kyselytutkimukseen vastanneista 89 prosenttia toivoo, että kunnat huomioisivat nykyistä paremmin luonnon myönteiset terveysvaikutukset kaavoituksessa ja rakentamisessa.