Background Regular physical activity (PA) confers many positive effects on health and well-
being. Sedentary behavior (SB), in turn, is a risk factor for health, regardless of the level of …

This report describes the planning, design and implementation as well as the main methods
and contents of the survey. The report is targeted to researchers using the Health 2011 …

Purpose To study the prevalence and incidence of the most common eye diseases and their
relation to health-related quality of life (HRQoL), depression, psychological distress, and …

Background Declining participation rates in health examination surveys may impair the
representativeness of surveys and introduce bias into the comparison of results between …

Background During the 2000s, two major legislative reforms concerning oral health care
have been implemented in Finland. One entitled the whole population to subsidized care …

Information on dietary adequacy is needed to assess food and nutrition security in a modern
society, especially in the transition towards climate-friendly food systems. In this study …

Abstract Katja Borodulin and Katri Sääksjärvi (eds.), FinHealth 2017 Study–Methods.
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. Report 17/2019. 132 pages. Helsinki, Finland 2019 …

Objective: The shift towards plant-based diets with less meat and more legumes is a global
target and requires an understanding of the consequences of dietary adequacy on the …

Objective: To assess the prevalence of clinical signs and pain symptoms of
temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and associated factors in the Finnish adult population …

Objectives To describe representativeness in the Gothenburg H70 1930 Birth Cohort Study.
Design Repeated cross-sectional examinations of a population-based study. Setting …