Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition - News

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.

Adequate intake of protein is associated with a reduced risk of frailty and prefrailty in older women, according to a new study.

Eating rye comes with a variety of health benefits. A new study from the University of Eastern Finland now shows that both lactic acid bacteria and gut bacteria contribute to the health benefits of rye.

The findings suggest that moderate cholesterol intake or daily egg consumption are not associated with the risk of stroke.