Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition - News

Andrew Agbaje was recognised with the New Investigator Award in Childhood Obesity by the European Association for the Study of Obesity, EASO, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Waist circumference-to-height ratio detected excess fat mass and distinguished fat mass from muscle mass in children and adolescents more accurately than BMI.

A polyphenol compound found in the magnolia berry exhibited a remarkable anti-tumorigenic effect on colon cancer.

EU-funded project addresses the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and diabetes.

Results from the KIHD study suggest that the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) cut-off for defining renal hyperfiltration could be much lower than the cut-offs traditionally used.

Too much sedentary time and too little exercise can have alarming health effects already at a young age. The good news is that they can be reversed by increasing light everyday exercise.

Interestingly, diet quality appeared to modify several associations of particulate matter exposure with cardiometabolic health.

The study compared care processes and outcomes during two periods of the first pandemic year with the equivalent periods one year earlier.

Engaging in active commuting for a minimum of 45 minutes a day was associated with lower levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a key marker of inflammation.

High fat mass in adolescence causes insulin resistance, which can lead to a vicious cycle of worsening insulin resistance and obesity by young adulthood, a new study shows.