Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition - News

A new Finnish study looks at the magnitude and reasons behind the economic burden alcohol use disorders have on society.

The doctoral thesis of Paula Walle, Lic Med, suggests that changes in fatty acid metabolism and the genotype of genes regulating fatty acid metabolism potentially contribute to the progression of NAFLD.

Perceived stress was associated with unfavorable eating behavior. Better sleep-time recovery was linked with better diet quality, according to the PhD thesis of Elina Järvelä-Reijonen, MHSc.

A new study is the first to observe that dietary intake of phosphatidylcholine is associated with a reduced risk of dementia. Its main dietary sources were eggs and meat.

A child’s risk of developing asthma is the smaller the more the microbiota of the child’s home resembles that of a farm house.