Josefine Björkqvist
@josefinebjorkqvist.bsky.social
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
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👩💻 Researcher at Folkhälsan Research Center 🇫🇮 and University of Aberdeen 🇬🇧
✨ Physical Activity, Environment and Child & Adolescent Health
🔗 www.dagis.fi
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🧠🌳 Outdoor activity linked to lower dementia risk, particularly in those living in more accessible green space in a new UK Biobank cohort study. Link to article:
doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01130-z
#PublicHealth #Epidemiology #Dementia #GreenSpace #PhysicalActivity
doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01130-z
#PublicHealth #Epidemiology #Dementia #GreenSpace #PhysicalActivity
Outdoor physical activity, residential green spaces and the risk of dementia in the UK Biobank cohort - Communications Medicine
Kröger et al. investigate the association between outdoor physical activity and dementia risk in older adults and whether this relationship is influenced by residential green space. They find that greater outdoor activity is linked to reduced dementia risk and better brain structure, particularly among those living near accessible green spaces.
doi.org
September 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🧠🌳 Outdoor activity linked to lower dementia risk, particularly in those living in more accessible green space in a new UK Biobank cohort study. Link to article:
doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01130-z
#PublicHealth #Epidemiology #Dementia #GreenSpace #PhysicalActivity
doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01130-z
#PublicHealth #Epidemiology #Dementia #GreenSpace #PhysicalActivity
“Goldilocks day”: identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth. New publication from the @hepaeurope.bsky.social Children and Adolescents working group doi.org/10.1080/0301... #PhysicalActivity #SedentaryBehaviour
“Goldilocks day”: identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth
Most research focuses on the relationship of individual movement behaviours, neglecting how different compositions throughout the day associate with cardiometabolic health outcomes.The aim of this ...
doi.org
September 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
“Goldilocks day”: identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth. New publication from the @hepaeurope.bsky.social Children and Adolescents working group doi.org/10.1080/0301... #PhysicalActivity #SedentaryBehaviour
Thank you @hepaeurope.bsky.social for a wonderful conference in Kaunas! Highlights included discussing key issues around children's physical activity and health and being involved in HEPA Europe's Climate and Sustainability Action Pledge to embed #sustainability into all aspects of our work 💛
September 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Thank you @hepaeurope.bsky.social for a wonderful conference in Kaunas! Highlights included discussing key issues around children's physical activity and health and being involved in HEPA Europe's Climate and Sustainability Action Pledge to embed #sustainability into all aspects of our work 💛
Too early to think? Why school start times matter for sleep and learning 🎒 ⏰
Another great episode of @lightoclock.bsky.social podcast covering adolescent sleep, circadian rhythms and initiatives aimed at delaying school start times www.tscnlab.org/podcast/s03e04
#chronobiology #chronotype
Another great episode of @lightoclock.bsky.social podcast covering adolescent sleep, circadian rhythms and initiatives aimed at delaying school start times www.tscnlab.org/podcast/s03e04
#chronobiology #chronotype
Translational Sensory and Circadian Neuroscience Unit (MPS/TUM/TUMCREATE) — Light O'Clock (Season 3) – Episode 4: Too early to think?
www.tscnlab.org
August 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Too early to think? Why school start times matter for sleep and learning 🎒 ⏰
Another great episode of @lightoclock.bsky.social podcast covering adolescent sleep, circadian rhythms and initiatives aimed at delaying school start times www.tscnlab.org/podcast/s03e04
#chronobiology #chronotype
Another great episode of @lightoclock.bsky.social podcast covering adolescent sleep, circadian rhythms and initiatives aimed at delaying school start times www.tscnlab.org/podcast/s03e04
#chronobiology #chronotype
Arrived in beautiful Vienna for the International Congress of Behavioral Medicine 🇦🇹 We are sharing research from the DAGIS project, including 'Giving Feedback to Study Participants' to improve recruitment and reward participation in research #ICBM2025 @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Arrived in beautiful Vienna for the International Congress of Behavioral Medicine 🇦🇹 We are sharing research from the DAGIS project, including 'Giving Feedback to Study Participants' to improve recruitment and reward participation in research #ICBM2025 @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
NEW major review of effectiveness of exercise for improving cognition, memory and executive function 🧠🤸
bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/1...
#Exercise #PhysicalActivity #ChildHealth #ADHD
bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/1...
#Exercise #PhysicalActivity #ChildHealth #ADHD
Effectiveness of exercise for improving cognition, memory and executive function: a systematic umbrella review and meta-meta-analysis
Objective To evaluate systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the effects of exercise on general cognition, memory and executive function across all populations and ages.
Methods...
bjsm.bmj.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
NEW major review of effectiveness of exercise for improving cognition, memory and executive function 🧠🤸
bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/1...
#Exercise #PhysicalActivity #ChildHealth #ADHD
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#Exercise #PhysicalActivity #ChildHealth #ADHD
Reposted by Josefine Björkqvist
Tänään Keskisuomalaisen jutussa yhdessä dosentti Anne Soinin kanssa lasten liikkumisesta.
#lapset
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#lapset
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Jyväskylän yliopiston asiantuntijat vinkkaavat halpoja keinoja edistää lasten liikkumista – "Jos itse makaa sohvalla, lapsi oppii senkin"
Asiantuntijat muistuttavat, että vanhempien oma esimerkki on ratkaisevassa roolissa lasten liikuntatottumusten muodostumisessa.
www.ksml.fi
July 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Tänään Keskisuomalaisen jutussa yhdessä dosentti Anne Soinin kanssa lasten liikkumisesta.
#lapset
www.ksml.fi/paikalliset/...
#lapset
www.ksml.fi/paikalliset/...
NEW DAGIS Publication! 🎉
Parenting practices that enhanced vegetable availability & accessibility linked to more vegetable consumption in preschool children. Overprotective parenting was linked to reduction in child vegetable intake: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40677107/
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Parenting practices that enhanced vegetable availability & accessibility linked to more vegetable consumption in preschool children. Overprotective parenting was linked to reduction in child vegetable intake: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40677107/
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Vegetable-Related Parenting Practices, Parenting Style and Preschoolers' Vegetable Consumption: Cross-Sectional Associations and the Moderating Role of Parenting Style - PubMed
The specific food parenting practices used by parents, along with the broader parenting style that reflects the general characteristics of their approach to parenting, may influence children's vegetab...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
NEW DAGIS Publication! 🎉
Parenting practices that enhanced vegetable availability & accessibility linked to more vegetable consumption in preschool children. Overprotective parenting was linked to reduction in child vegetable intake: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40677107/
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Parenting practices that enhanced vegetable availability & accessibility linked to more vegetable consumption in preschool children. Overprotective parenting was linked to reduction in child vegetable intake: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40677107/
@folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
New publication: The influence of #chronotype on school adjustment, sleep and somatic and mental health among Finnish adolescents: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#PublicHealth #mentalhealth #sleep #circadianrhythms #school
#PublicHealth #mentalhealth #sleep #circadianrhythms #school
The influence of chronotype on school adjustment, sleep and somatic and mental health among adolescents – nationwide sample across one school year
Evening-type has been previously associated with sleep problems, and mental and somatic health problems among adolescents. We examined how the self-re…
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July 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
New publication: The influence of #chronotype on school adjustment, sleep and somatic and mental health among Finnish adolescents: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#PublicHealth #mentalhealth #sleep #circadianrhythms #school
#PublicHealth #mentalhealth #sleep #circadianrhythms #school
New DAGIS publication! 🎉🎉 Boosting feeding-related parental self-efficacy and limiting sugary food availability at home may improve young children’s diets—regardless of family income or parental education level www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
Parental self-efficacy, parental restrictions and young children's food consumption: does socio-economic status play a role?
Compared with ample evidence on the influence of the home food environment on children's food consumption, associations between certain aspects of the…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
New DAGIS publication! 🎉🎉 Boosting feeding-related parental self-efficacy and limiting sugary food availability at home may improve young children’s diets—regardless of family income or parental education level www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
How are home, school and digital food environments associated with schoolchildren's food consumption? Read our latest DAGIS blog post by Mayke Kramer who explores the topic in her Master's thesis dagis.fi/2025/07/03/h... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @helsinki.fi #ChildHealth #PublicHealth
How are different food environments associated with schoolchildren’s food consumption?
What are food environments? Food environments refer to the physical, economic, political and socio-cultural contexts which affect people’s food-related decisions and their nutritional status. It co…
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July 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
How are home, school and digital food environments associated with schoolchildren's food consumption? Read our latest DAGIS blog post by Mayke Kramer who explores the topic in her Master's thesis dagis.fi/2025/07/03/h... @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social @helsinki.fi #ChildHealth #PublicHealth
🆕 Cochrane review "Do dietary and activity strategies help prevent obesity in children aged 2-4 years?"
Key take-home message: Combining strategies for changing diet & physical activity levels may reduce BMI slightly long term 🍏🏃 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... #PublicHealth #ChildHealth
Key take-home message: Combining strategies for changing diet & physical activity levels may reduce BMI slightly long term 🍏🏃 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... #PublicHealth #ChildHealth
Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old - Phillips, SM - 2025 | Cochrane Library
Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.
www.cochranelibrary.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
🆕 Cochrane review "Do dietary and activity strategies help prevent obesity in children aged 2-4 years?"
Key take-home message: Combining strategies for changing diet & physical activity levels may reduce BMI slightly long term 🍏🏃 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... #PublicHealth #ChildHealth
Key take-home message: Combining strategies for changing diet & physical activity levels may reduce BMI slightly long term 🍏🏃 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.... #PublicHealth #ChildHealth
Cohort study of 11 876 children and adolescents (aged 9-12) in the US found increases in social media use during early adolescence were prospectively associated with greater depressive symptoms 1 year later
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #Screentime #SoMe #Mentalhealth #Childhealth
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #Screentime #SoMe #Mentalhealth #Childhealth
Social Media Use and Depressive Symptoms During Early Adolescence
This cohort study of children and adolescents aged 9 to 12 years evaluates person-level associations between time spent using social media and depressive symptoms over subsequent years.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
June 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Cohort study of 11 876 children and adolescents (aged 9-12) in the US found increases in social media use during early adolescence were prospectively associated with greater depressive symptoms 1 year later
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #Screentime #SoMe #Mentalhealth #Childhealth
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #Screentime #SoMe #Mentalhealth #Childhealth
Insightful study by colleagues in Sweden on the potential role of dietary antioxidants, particularly β-carotene and vitamin C, in adolescent mental health 🥦 🍊
doi.org/10.1007/s003...
#PublicHealth #MentalHealth
doi.org/10.1007/s003...
#PublicHealth #MentalHealth
Associations between antioxidant vitamin intake and mental health in Swedish adolescents: a cross-sectional study - European Journal of Nutrition
Purpose Mental health problems are increasingly prevalent during adolescence. Nutritional factors, particularly antioxidants, are of interest due to their potential to reduce oxidative stress and infl...
doi.org
May 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Insightful study by colleagues in Sweden on the potential role of dietary antioxidants, particularly β-carotene and vitamin C, in adolescent mental health 🥦 🍊
doi.org/10.1007/s003...
#PublicHealth #MentalHealth
doi.org/10.1007/s003...
#PublicHealth #MentalHealth
Online lives, offline consequences
📢 New WHO Europe policy brief calls for urgent coordinated action to protect youth mental health: www.who.int/europe/news/...
#ScreenTime #DigitalMedia #MentalHealth #PublicHealth
📢 New WHO Europe policy brief calls for urgent coordinated action to protect youth mental health: www.who.int/europe/news/...
#ScreenTime #DigitalMedia #MentalHealth #PublicHealth
Online lives, offline consequences
The digital environment, from social media to AI-driven platforms, is a documented risk to the mental health of children and adolescents in the WHO European Region – but countries can already work to ...
www.who.int
May 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Online lives, offline consequences
📢 New WHO Europe policy brief calls for urgent coordinated action to protect youth mental health: www.who.int/europe/news/...
#ScreenTime #DigitalMedia #MentalHealth #PublicHealth
📢 New WHO Europe policy brief calls for urgent coordinated action to protect youth mental health: www.who.int/europe/news/...
#ScreenTime #DigitalMedia #MentalHealth #PublicHealth
Delighted to announce "Connecting Nature and Public Health" a EPHC 2025 pre-conference on 11 Nov 2025 in Finland. Topics include:
🌱 Green Prescriptions and Mental Health
🌿 Biodiversity and Health
Watch our teaser video: vimeo.com/1073430845/5...
@eupha.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
🌱 Green Prescriptions and Mental Health
🌿 Biodiversity and Health
Watch our teaser video: vimeo.com/1073430845/5...
@eupha.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Connecting nature and public health Promo video
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May 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Delighted to announce "Connecting Nature and Public Health" a EPHC 2025 pre-conference on 11 Nov 2025 in Finland. Topics include:
🌱 Green Prescriptions and Mental Health
🌿 Biodiversity and Health
Watch our teaser video: vimeo.com/1073430845/5...
@eupha.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
🌱 Green Prescriptions and Mental Health
🌿 Biodiversity and Health
Watch our teaser video: vimeo.com/1073430845/5...
@eupha.bsky.social @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social
Lapsibarometri 2025 julkaistu 🧒🤸♀️🛝
Kun 408 eskarilaiselta kysyttiin puhelinhaastattelussa näkemyksiä eskarista, ylivoimaisesti tärkeimmäksi asiaksi nousi leikkiminen. Myös kaverit ja kaveritaitojen oppiminen korostuivat tuloksissa. Lue raportti: julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024... #lapset
Kun 408 eskarilaiselta kysyttiin puhelinhaastattelussa näkemyksiä eskarista, ylivoimaisesti tärkeimmäksi asiaksi nousi leikkiminen. Myös kaverit ja kaveritaitojen oppiminen korostuivat tuloksissa. Lue raportti: julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024... #lapset
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May 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Lapsibarometri 2025 julkaistu 🧒🤸♀️🛝
Kun 408 eskarilaiselta kysyttiin puhelinhaastattelussa näkemyksiä eskarista, ylivoimaisesti tärkeimmäksi asiaksi nousi leikkiminen. Myös kaverit ja kaveritaitojen oppiminen korostuivat tuloksissa. Lue raportti: julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024... #lapset
Kun 408 eskarilaiselta kysyttiin puhelinhaastattelussa näkemyksiä eskarista, ylivoimaisesti tärkeimmäksi asiaksi nousi leikkiminen. Myös kaverit ja kaveritaitojen oppiminen korostuivat tuloksissa. Lue raportti: julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024... #lapset
Kolmasosa lapsista ja nuorista (7–20-vuotiaat) täyttää liikkumissuosituksen. Liikkumissuosituksen saavuttavien osuudet vähenevät iän myötä. Pojat liikkuvat suosituksen mukaisesti yleisemmin kuin tytöt. Lue koko LIITU 2025 raportti täältä: www.liikuntaneuvosto.fi/lausunnot-ja... #liikuminen
May 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Kolmasosa lapsista ja nuorista (7–20-vuotiaat) täyttää liikkumissuosituksen. Liikkumissuosituksen saavuttavien osuudet vähenevät iän myötä. Pojat liikkuvat suosituksen mukaisesti yleisemmin kuin tytöt. Lue koko LIITU 2025 raportti täältä: www.liikuntaneuvosto.fi/lausunnot-ja... #liikuminen
Lasten ja nuorten liikuntakäyttäytyminen Suomessa – LIITU-tutkimuksen tuloksia 2024 🤸🏼♀️🏀✨️
www.liikuntaneuvosto.fi/lausunnot-ja...
www.liikuntaneuvosto.fi/lausunnot-ja...
Lasten ja nuorten liikuntakäyttäytyminen Suomessa 2024
LIITU-tutkimus tuottaa tietoa lasten ja nuorten liikkumisesta, liikunta- ja terveyskäyttäytymisestä, paikallaanolosta ja unesta sekä liikuntaan liittyvistä asenteista, arvoista ja kokemuksista.
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May 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Lasten ja nuorten liikuntakäyttäytyminen Suomessa – LIITU-tutkimuksen tuloksia 2024 🤸🏼♀️🏀✨️
www.liikuntaneuvosto.fi/lausunnot-ja...
www.liikuntaneuvosto.fi/lausunnot-ja...
Thank you everyone who attended @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social FHRC Scientific Days 2025! We enjoyed hearing the latest research in genetics & public health and with 125 researchers attending it was a record year. Check out the new FHRC website to learn more about our work: research.folkhalsan.fi ✨
April 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Thank you everyone who attended @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social FHRC Scientific Days 2025! We enjoyed hearing the latest research in genetics & public health and with 125 researchers attending it was a record year. Check out the new FHRC website to learn more about our work: research.folkhalsan.fi ✨
Early bird or late owl? 🐦⬛🦉
Sohvi Lommi presenting results from @fin-hit.bsky.social study showing late chronotypes were associated with adverse health behaviours and elevated BMIz at earlty adolescence #PublicHealth #chronotype
Sohvi Lommi presenting results from @fin-hit.bsky.social study showing late chronotypes were associated with adverse health behaviours and elevated BMIz at earlty adolescence #PublicHealth #chronotype
April 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Early bird or late owl? 🐦⬛🦉
Sohvi Lommi presenting results from @fin-hit.bsky.social study showing late chronotypes were associated with adverse health behaviours and elevated BMIz at earlty adolescence #PublicHealth #chronotype
Sohvi Lommi presenting results from @fin-hit.bsky.social study showing late chronotypes were associated with adverse health behaviours and elevated BMIz at earlty adolescence #PublicHealth #chronotype
Reetta Lehto giving an excellent educational talk on circadian rhythms and health behaviours. In the DAGIS project at @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social we are studying chrononutrition & chronoactivity in children and associations between #chronotype, food consumption and weight outcomes #PublicHealth
April 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Reetta Lehto giving an excellent educational talk on circadian rhythms and health behaviours. In the DAGIS project at @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social we are studying chrononutrition & chronoactivity in children and associations between #chronotype, food consumption and weight outcomes #PublicHealth
Mikaela von Bonsdorff giving an exciting overview of the work of the Healthy Aging Group at @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social Scientific Days 2025 ✨️ The biological age of a 38-year-old can range between 28 and 61 years depending on multiple factors #HealthyAging #ActiveAging
April 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Mikaela von Bonsdorff giving an exciting overview of the work of the Healthy Aging Group at @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social Scientific Days 2025 ✨️ The biological age of a 38-year-old can range between 28 and 61 years depending on multiple factors #HealthyAging #ActiveAging
Anna-Elina Lehesjoki welcoming a record number of researchers at @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social Scientific Days 2025 🙌 Looking forward to two days of innovative public health and genetics research #PublicHealth
April 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Anna-Elina Lehesjoki welcoming a record number of researchers at @folkhalsanresearch.bsky.social Scientific Days 2025 🙌 Looking forward to two days of innovative public health and genetics research #PublicHealth
Vill du känna att ditt jobb är viktigt, varje dag? Vi söker en förbundsdirektör på @folkhalsan.bsky.social 🤸🍏🤝
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April 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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