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Passionate about #PublicHealth research and translating evidence into practice 👩‍💻 Researcher at Folkhälsan Research Center 🇫🇮 and University of Aberdeen 🇬🇧 ✨ Physical Activity, Environment and Child & Adolescent Health 🔗 www.dagis.fi Own views
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Registration now open for The Finnish Association for the Study of Obesity (FASO) Spring Seminar on Circadian Rhythms and Obesity: A Timely Approach to Health 3.4.2025 in Helsinki suomenlihavuustutkijat.fi/seminar-on-c... #health #circadianrhythm #chronotype #sleep

New article in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health! We disentangle limitations in research on digital harms in youth to inform recommendations for studying impacts of rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence. Open link until 11th March: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kTwe8Mut2... 🧵 Summary below 1/12

🔬 New Fin-HIT study: "Tendency to overeat predicts an elevated body mass index trajectory across school-age years" Read our latest Fin-HIT research: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ChildHealth #Nutrition #ObesityResearch #BMI #FinHIT

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Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #PublicHealth

🔍Etsimme projektikoordinaattoria (3/2025–2/2030) tukemaan DWELL- ja SHADES-hankkeita, joissa tutkitaan koulukiusaamisen vaikutuksia kiusatuille & kiusaajille. Kiinnostuitko? Lue lisää & hae 🔗 ats.talentadore.com/apply/projek... #AvoimetTehtävät #tutkimus #psykologia #rekry #projektikoordinaattori

A new multicohort study in @thelancetph.bsky.social found that #PhysicalActivity during leisure time is associated with more years of healthy living for all, but particularly for individuals with pre-existing health risks or from disadvantaged backgrounds: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Cochrane review on effectiveness of #HealthPromotion programs offered through sporting organisations. Findings suggest programs ⬆️MVPA by 7.4 min per day and may ⬆️fruit & vegetable consumption. No reduction in sedentary behaviour www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... #PhysicalActivity #AcademicSky

Physical activity break after a day of data analysis #winter #Finland

Join EUPHA as Senior Event Manager! 🎉 Are you an experienced event manager with a passion for organising impactful, scientific events? Do you want to make a difference in public health across Europe? Contact [email protected] #Hiring #PublicHealth #EUPHA #EPHConference

Clean your hands properly so you can hold your #valentine safe and tight ❤️🫰 #HandHygiene is one of the most important measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including bacterial, diarrhoeal & respiratory diseases 🔗 bit.ly/4hSsYgz #ValentinesDay

🧵 Trump’s USAID funding freeze abruptly halted critical global health research, abandoning participants mid-trial. A gross ethical violation. @bachynski.bsky.social & I explain what happened and why it matters @bmj.com . ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/388/...

🤳Excessive screen time in adolescents seems associated with #MentalHealth problems. More studies needed to understand how the type of screen content & motivation for screen use affects adolescent mental health rdcu.be/d9JMh #media #publichealth #screentime #AcademicSky

Pyörätie aurattu jo klo 07:45 💪❄️🚲 Mahtavaa työtä @hel.fi! #pyöräily #talvi #liikkuminen #Helsinki

Täällä mekin ollaan! Mitä haluaisit kuulla Helsingistä Blueskyssa? #mitäkuuluuHelsinki

🤸🏼‍♀️🧠 Cognitively engaging #PhysicalActivity interventions demonstrated the largest effects on cognitive outcomes in preschool children (aged 3-6) in a recent systematic review of effects of movement behaviour RCTs on child cognition: rdcu.be/d9BhM #ChildDevelopment #Cognition #sleep #AcademicSky

🆕 Nordiskt seminarium: Hälsofrämjande genom rörelse, aktivitet och glädje under hela livet 📆 20-21.03.2025 📍Arcada, Helsingfors och online 🗣️ Svenska och engelska Program och anmälan: www.arcada.fi/sv/evenemang... #fysiskaktivitet #hälsa #forskning #Folkhälsan

Salossa tähdätään siihen, että jokainen koululainen lukisi kymmenen kaunokirjaa lukuvuoden aikana 📚 www.hs.fi/alueet/art-2... #oppiminen #lapset #nuoret #Salo

❗️Registrations open❗️ 📌Join us for our upcoming LSE Health Annual Lecture with @michaelmarmot.bsky.social, Director of @marmotihe.bsky.social ‘Social Justice and Health Equity' 📅 Monday 17 March, 6:30pm- 8:00pm ℹ️ Find out more bit.ly/416u8zs 📍LSE Campus & Online, register via: bit.ly/4k6e48D

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Excellent @rcphysicians.bsky.social Medicine Podcast on the critical role of behavioural science in addressing health inequalities featuring @susanmichie.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2ppT... #BehaviouralScience #HealthPsychology

Maailman arvostetuimpiin lääketieteen lehtiin kuuluva Lancet sen jo näkee: ”At The Lancet, the impact has already been felt. Reviewers are declining and authors are self-censoring.” Tätä vastaan on taisteltava. Lancet lupaa pitää ääntä vapaan tieteen puolesta. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

DAGIS tutkimus: Näin unirytmi voi vaikuttaa lasten painon­kehitykseen www.hs.fi/tiede/art-20... @helsinki.fi @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social #uni #lapset #nuoret #tutkimus #hyvinvointi #ravitsemus

Suomalaislasten unen, ruokavalion ja painonkehityksen välisiä yhteyksiä selvittänyt uusi tutkimus osoittaa, että vuorokausirytmi on yhteydessä myÜhempään painoon. @helsinki.fi @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social

Exciting talk by Erica Jansen (University of Michigan) on the role of #sleep duration & sleep timing for cardiovascular health. Her study showed an association between insufficient sleep duration & late sleep timing with development of insulin resistance in late adolescence doi.org/10.1002/oby....

What’s the best #diet for healthy #sleep? 💤 Nutritional epidemiologist Erica Jansen explains what food choices will help you get better sleep theconversation.com/whats-the-be... #nutrition #chrononutrition

Anna Abdollahi from the DAGIS project will defend her doctoral thesis this Saturday 👏🎩 "Sleep habits of Finnish preschoolers: Associations with diet and weight": hdl.handle.net/10138/590558 #child #diet #sleep #chronotype #obesity

📢 Interested in EU funding? Join the EUPHA Section on HSR & EUPHAnxt for an online training webinar on EU proposal writing. 📅 27 Jan 2025, 14:00–16:00 CET ✅ Learn to interpret calls, build consortia & write proposals. 📍 Free registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📅 Save the date 📅 @eupha.bsky.social European public health conference 2025 will take place in Helsinki, Finland, 11 – 14 November 2025. Conference theme: "Investing for Sustainable Health and Well-Being." Abstract submission opens 1 February 2025. More info: ephconference.eu #PublicHealth

Could circadian disruption play a role in childhood obesity? In our recent DAGIS study, we found that preschoolers with a later #chronotype or greater social jetlag were more likely to have a higher BMI z-score eight years later. Full article here: rdcu.be/d6rRQ #paediatrics #obesity #chronotype

📢 New paper This analysis of youth influencers’ YouTube accounts found that 2/3 of food cues presented were not permitted for marketing to children. @evawinzer.bksy.social @mimitgolden.bsky.social @magdalenamuc.bsky.social bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Childhood obesity continues to rise globally and there is a surge in mental health problems among children and young people. But what drives these trends? DAGIS is a 10-year research project focused on the health and well-being of Finnish early education and school children. More info 👇 dagis.fi