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The recommendations are based on the best available research knowledge on food intake, health and the environment, showing that in most cases, healthy food is also good for the environment.

The long-term role of objectively measured physical activity in low-grade inflammation has not been previously studied in children.

Membrane fluidity can modify the function of cells and membrane-bound proteins.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment granted more than 5.2 million euros of funding to Academy Projects at the University of Eastern Finland.

The findings support the idea that even a modest reduction in the beta-amyloidogenic processing of APP may be a feasible strategy for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

Dr Emma Kwegyir-Afful completed Doctor of Health Sciences in (Public Health) in 2018 and International Master's Degree Programme in Public Health in 2013.

Socioeconomic hardships experienced during the 1990s recession were associated with a higher risk of incident cardiovascular morbidity among middle-aged and older Finnish women during 18 years of follow-up and with an increased risk of developing prostate-genital cancer within 20 years of follow-up among men.

The international Master’s Degree Programme in Toxicology at the University of Eastern Finland is the only graduate programme in the field in Finland. Toxicology expertise is utilised in chemical risk assessment.

Researchers at UEF explored health and livelihoods impacts associated with climate change in the remote Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) in Lopur, Northern Kenya, Turkana.

Leisure-time moderate-to-vigorous physical activity was associated with better mental health among nearly 33,000 15-to-16-year-old adolescents.