Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition - News

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.

Consistently elevated lipids and dyslipidemia in early life were associated with worsening subclinical atherosclerosis, but simulated lipid treatment in late adolescence stopped atherosclerosis progression.

Carnitine intake from breast milk in particular in the first postnatal weeks promotes better growth and larger brain size at term equivalent age in very preterm infants.

The study is the first to examine the effects of a group-based lifestyle intervention implemented in primary health care on risk factors for type 2 diabetes.

The University of Eastern Finland has appointed eight new Senior University Lecturers and one new Senior Clinical Lecturer, to start in their positions on 1 December 2022.