Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition - News

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.

Another goal of the HealthFerm project is to support the transition to more sustainable, more plant-based diets.

The doctoral thesis sheds light on the diverse possibilities of how nutrient-related metabolites could contribute to NAFLD pathogenesis and related clinical phenotypes.

An egg a day doesn’t seem to prevent or promote memory disorders. However, an egg a day may otherwise be beneficial for brain function, write UEF's nutrition researchers in Frontiers for Young Minds, a scientific journal aimed at children.

In the young population, arterial stiffness, an emerging risk factor for hypertension, indirectly raises blood pressure via an increase in insulin resistance but not via an increase in body fat.