Elina Engberg
@elinaengberg.bsky.social
PhD, Senior Researcher at Folkhälsan Research Center and Docent in Physical Activity Epidemiology at University of Helsinki, Finland
Co-PI of the SUNRISE Finland study examining young children’s movement behaviours @SUNRISEFinland.bsky.social
Co-PI of the SUNRISE Finland study examining young children’s movement behaviours @SUNRISEFinland.bsky.social
Tutkimustuloksia SUNRISE Helsinki -aineistosta tiivistetysti ☀️
#liikunta #ruutuaika #uni #varhaislapsuus
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @folkhalsan.bsky.social
#liikunta #ruutuaika #uni #varhaislapsuus
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @folkhalsan.bsky.social
Maaseudulla asuvat 3–4-vuotiaat lapset viettävät enemmän aikaa ruudun ääressä kuin Helsingissä asuvat lapset
Jo varhaislapsuudessa ilmenee selviä eroja liikkumiskäyttäytymisessä: maaseudun lapset viettävät enemmän aikaa ruudun ääressä kuin helsinkiläiset ikätoverinsa, ja tytöt ovat vähemmän fyysisesti aktiiv...
www.folkhalsan.fi
September 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Tutkimustuloksia SUNRISE Helsinki -aineistosta tiivistetysti ☀️
#liikunta #ruutuaika #uni #varhaislapsuus
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @folkhalsan.bsky.social
#liikunta #ruutuaika #uni #varhaislapsuus
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @folkhalsan.bsky.social
Reposted by Elina Engberg
Summary of @sunrisefinland.bsky.social study’s results in Helsinki and the nearby countryside ☀️
In early childhood, clear differences already appear in movement behaviors: rural children spend more time on screens than their peers in Helsinki, and girls are less physically active than boys.
@sunrisefinland.bsky.social
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@sunrisefinland.bsky.social
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Rural 3–4-year-olds spend more time on screens than children in Helsinki, girls less physically active than boys
In early childhood, clear differences already appear in movement behaviors: rural children spend more time on screens than their peers in Helsinki, and girls are less physically active than boys.
research.folkhalsan.fi
September 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Summary of @sunrisefinland.bsky.social study’s results in Helsinki and the nearby countryside ☀️
Liikunta & Tiede -lehdessä julkaistu artikkelimme nyt luettavissa 👉👉👉 www.lts.fi/media/lts_ve...
#liikunta #lapset #ruutuaika
#liikunta #lapset #ruutuaika
SUNRISE Helsinki -julkaisu!
Eroaako 3–4-vuotiaiden lasten liikkuminen Helsingissä vs. lähimaaseudulla?
📍 Maaseudulla enemmän ruutuaikaa ja istumista kulkuvälineessä
📍 Motorisissa taidoissa ei alue-eroa
📍 Pojilla enemmän liikkumista
www.lts.fi/media/lts_ve...
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Eroaako 3–4-vuotiaiden lasten liikkuminen Helsingissä vs. lähimaaseudulla?
📍 Maaseudulla enemmän ruutuaikaa ja istumista kulkuvälineessä
📍 Motorisissa taidoissa ei alue-eroa
📍 Pojilla enemmän liikkumista
www.lts.fi/media/lts_ve...
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
www.lts.fi
September 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Liikunta & Tiede -lehdessä julkaistu artikkelimme nyt luettavissa 👉👉👉 www.lts.fi/media/lts_ve...
#liikunta #lapset #ruutuaika
#liikunta #lapset #ruutuaika
Kippisteltiin tänään @sunrisefinland.bsky.social ensimmäiselle julkaistavaksi hyväksytylle artikkelille, jossa on tutkimustuloksia mukana 🥂☀️ Artikkeli julkaistaan seuraavassa Liikunta & Tiede -lehden numerossa syyskuussa. Stay tuned!
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Kippisteltiin tänään @sunrisefinland.bsky.social ensimmäiselle julkaistavaksi hyväksytylle artikkelille, jossa on tutkimustuloksia mukana 🥂☀️ Artikkeli julkaistaan seuraavassa Liikunta & Tiede -lehden numerossa syyskuussa. Stay tuned!
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Reposted by Elina Engberg
New #IJBNPA systematic review explored the association between #Family dynamics and kids #PhysicalActivity!
Check this out👇
https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-025-01782-z
Check this out👇
https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-025-01782-z
August 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
New #IJBNPA systematic review explored the association between #Family dynamics and kids #PhysicalActivity!
Check this out👇
https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-025-01782-z
Check this out👇
https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-025-01782-z
- Lifestyle interventions that target e.g. low #physicalactivity and high sedentary time are effective adjunctive therapies in people living with mental illness, alleviating #mentalhealth symptoms while protecting physical #health and promoting #wellbeing
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Implementing lifestyle interventions in mental health care: third report of the Lancet Psychiatry Physical Health Commission
The physical health disparities experienced by people who live with mental illness
are well documented. This population group has cardiometabolic risks and diseases
at rates 1·4–2·0 times higher than ...
www.thelancet.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
- Lifestyle interventions that target e.g. low #physicalactivity and high sedentary time are effective adjunctive therapies in people living with mental illness, alleviating #mentalhealth symptoms while protecting physical #health and promoting #wellbeing
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Elina Engberg
Great news for the SUNRISE Finland study as well! Congratulations to Co-PI @elinaengberg.bsky.social, and huge thanks to the Research Council of Finland for supporting our research on early childhood movement behaviours! 💛
Congratulations to all grant receivers!
Congratulations to all grant receivers!
Elina Engberg and Jenni Laitila are new Academy Research Fellows, and a joint project on the oral microbiome in health and disease received Academy Project Funding.
@elinaengberg.bsky.social @laitilajenni.bsky.social @myofinlab.bsky.social @fin-hit.bsky.social
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@elinaengberg.bsky.social @laitilajenni.bsky.social @myofinlab.bsky.social @fin-hit.bsky.social
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Two new Academy Research Fellows and one joint Academy Project at Folkhälsan Research Center receive funding
The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment has granted funding to two new Academy Research Fellows at Folkhälsan Research Center. Elina Engberg an...
research.folkhalsan.fi
June 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Great news for the SUNRISE Finland study as well! Congratulations to Co-PI @elinaengberg.bsky.social, and huge thanks to the Research Council of Finland for supporting our research on early childhood movement behaviours! 💛
Congratulations to all grant receivers!
Congratulations to all grant receivers!
I’m honoured and humbled to receive the Academy Research Fellowship from the Research Council of Finland and to continue my work to better understand early childhood movement behaviours and health 💛
Congratulations to all the other grant recipients, and those at the Folkhälsan Research Center!
Congratulations to all the other grant recipients, and those at the Folkhälsan Research Center!
Elina Engberg and Jenni Laitila are new Academy Research Fellows, and a joint project on the oral microbiome in health and disease received Academy Project Funding.
@elinaengberg.bsky.social @laitilajenni.bsky.social @myofinlab.bsky.social @fin-hit.bsky.social
research.folkhalsan.fi/news-article...
@elinaengberg.bsky.social @laitilajenni.bsky.social @myofinlab.bsky.social @fin-hit.bsky.social
research.folkhalsan.fi/news-article...
Two new Academy Research Fellows and one joint Academy Project at Folkhälsan Research Center receive funding
The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment has granted funding to two new Academy Research Fellows at Folkhälsan Research Center. Elina Engberg an...
research.folkhalsan.fi
June 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I’m honoured and humbled to receive the Academy Research Fellowship from the Research Council of Finland and to continue my work to better understand early childhood movement behaviours and health 💛
Congratulations to all the other grant recipients, and those at the Folkhälsan Research Center!
Congratulations to all the other grant recipients, and those at the Folkhälsan Research Center!
The SUNRISE Finland study’s presentation at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Malaga featured here: www.news-medical.net/news/2025051... @newsmedical.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Rural preschoolers face higher risk of overweight and abdominal obesity
New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Malaga, Spain (11-14 May), reveals that 3- to 4- year olds in rural areas are more likely to be living with overweight...
www.news-medical.net
May 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The SUNRISE Finland study’s presentation at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Malaga featured here: www.news-medical.net/news/2025051... @newsmedical.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
On my way to the European Congress on Obesity and excited about Karoliina Uusitalo sharing our work from the SUNRISE Finland study 🌴
Understanding urban-rural differences is crucial in the context of ongoing urbanization and its potential impact on children’s health. @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Understanding urban-rural differences is crucial in the context of ongoing urbanization and its potential impact on children’s health. @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
On my way to the European Congress on Obesity and excited about Karoliina Uusitalo sharing our work from the SUNRISE Finland study 🌴
Understanding urban-rural differences is crucial in the context of ongoing urbanization and its potential impact on children’s health. @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Understanding urban-rural differences is crucial in the context of ongoing urbanization and its potential impact on children’s health. @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
The profile update of the Fin-HIT Study is published @intjepidemiol.bsky.social ! Happy to have contributed to the planning of the third data collection wave in this cohort study following children into young adulthood. Looking forward to the future results!
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Fin_HIT Cohort Profile Update is now published! 🎉 The third data collection conducted when participants reached adulthood, focusing on diet and mental health Check out the full publication here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40137925/ #FinHIT #AdolescentHealth #PublicHealth
Cohort Profile Update: Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT) - PubMed
Cohort Profile Update: Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT)
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The profile update of the Fin-HIT Study is published @intjepidemiol.bsky.social ! Happy to have contributed to the planning of the third data collection wave in this cohort study following children into young adulthood. Looking forward to the future results!
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Reposted by Elina Engberg
Our colleague @elinaengberg.bsky.social from @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social presenting the SUNRISE Finland study at the Nordic seminar on health promoting physical activity. SUNRISE Finland has collected data on movement behaviours from 1000+ children aged 3-4 across Finland 🤸♂️
March 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Our colleague @elinaengberg.bsky.social from @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social presenting the SUNRISE Finland study at the Nordic seminar on health promoting physical activity. SUNRISE Finland has collected data on movement behaviours from 1000+ children aged 3-4 across Finland 🤸♂️
New publication from the SUNRISE pilot studies!
We found that heat, cold, rain and social instability were associated with less outdoor play in early childhood. Greenspaces were associated with more outdoor play 👇
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
@jpahjournal.bsky.social
We found that heat, cold, rain and social instability were associated with less outdoor play in early childhood. Greenspaces were associated with more outdoor play 👇
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
@jpahjournal.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New publication from the SUNRISE pilot studies!
We found that heat, cold, rain and social instability were associated with less outdoor play in early childhood. Greenspaces were associated with more outdoor play 👇
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
@jpahjournal.bsky.social
We found that heat, cold, rain and social instability were associated with less outdoor play in early childhood. Greenspaces were associated with more outdoor play 👇
doi.org/10.1123/jpah...
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
@jpahjournal.bsky.social
Read about our SUNRISE pilot study results on preschooler’s sleep profiles in 37 countries academic.oup.com/sleep/advanc...
#movementbehaviours #sleep #children
#movementbehaviours #sleep #children
Geocultural differences in preschooler sleep profiles and family practices: an analysis of pooled data from 37 countries
AbstractStudy Objectives. To examine (1) multidimensional sleep profiles in preschoolers (3–6 years) across geocultural regions and (2) differences in slee
academic.oup.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Read about our SUNRISE pilot study results on preschooler’s sleep profiles in 37 countries academic.oup.com/sleep/advanc...
#movementbehaviours #sleep #children
#movementbehaviours #sleep #children
Reposted by Elina Engberg
Interested in research on the benefits of movement and physical activity? We recommend the seminar Health promotion through movement, activity, and joy throughout life, where our researchers @elinaengberg.bsky.social, Katri Ruutu, and Eva Roos will participate.
www.arcada.fi/en/event/eve...
www.arcada.fi/en/event/eve...
Nordic seminar: Health promotion through movement, activity and joy throughout life
A large part of children and adults worldwide are not physically active enough, and the trend appears to be increasing. Sedentary lifestyles are one of our major public health problems. A particular c...
www.arcada.fi
February 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Interested in research on the benefits of movement and physical activity? We recommend the seminar Health promotion through movement, activity, and joy throughout life, where our researchers @elinaengberg.bsky.social, Katri Ruutu, and Eva Roos will participate.
www.arcada.fi/en/event/eve...
www.arcada.fi/en/event/eve...
Reposted by Elina Engberg
Vill du lära dig mera om forskningen kring nyttan med rörelse och fysisk aktivitet? Då tipsar vi om seminariet Hälsofrämjande genom rörelse, aktivitet och glädje under hela livet, 20–21 mars, där våra forskare @elinaengberg.bsky.social, Katri Ruutu och Eva Roos deltar.
www.arcada.fi/sv/evenemang...
www.arcada.fi/sv/evenemang...
Nordiskt seminarium: Hälsofrämjande genom rörelse, aktivitet och glädje under hela livet
En stor del av barn och vuxna världen över rör på sig för lite och andelen verkar vara stigande. Stillasittande utgör ett av våra stora folkhälsoproblem. En speciell utmaning utgör de växande skillnad...
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February 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Vill du lära dig mera om forskningen kring nyttan med rörelse och fysisk aktivitet? Då tipsar vi om seminariet Hälsofrämjande genom rörelse, aktivitet och glädje under hela livet, 20–21 mars, där våra forskare @elinaengberg.bsky.social, Katri Ruutu och Eva Roos deltar.
www.arcada.fi/sv/evenemang...
www.arcada.fi/sv/evenemang...