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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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 💛
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
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
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
April 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Exciting start to Circadian Rhythms & Obesity: A Timely Approach to Health seminar 🕙🥪 Anna Abdollahi presented our DAGIS study showing preschoolers with later #chronotype or greater social jetlag were more likely to have higher BMI z-score eight years later. Full article: rdcu.be/d6rRQ #PublicHealth
April 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Exciting start to Circadian Rhythms & Obesity: A Timely Approach to Health seminar 🕙🥪 Anna Abdollahi presented our DAGIS study showing preschoolers with later #chronotype or greater social jetlag were more likely to have higher BMI z-score eight years later. Full article: rdcu.be/d6rRQ #PublicHealth
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 🤸♂️
Onsdagslänk med @folkhalsan.bsky.social Laddar upp inför morgondagens Nordiska seminarium om hälsofrämjande genom rörelse, aktivitet och glädje under hela livet 🏃♀️🤸🚴
www.arcada.fi/sv/evenemang...
#rörelseglädje #fysiskaktivitet #hälsa
www.arcada.fi/sv/evenemang...
#rörelseglädje #fysiskaktivitet #hälsa
March 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Onsdagslänk med @folkhalsan.bsky.social Laddar upp inför morgondagens Nordiska seminarium om hälsofrämjande genom rörelse, aktivitet och glädje under hela livet 🏃♀️🤸🚴
www.arcada.fi/sv/evenemang...
#rörelseglädje #fysiskaktivitet #hälsa
www.arcada.fi/sv/evenemang...
#rörelseglädje #fysiskaktivitet #hälsa
Nyt kevät on todella tulossa 🌱 Nautin kahvia auringonnousun aikaan tänä aamuna klo 6:30, kun mustarastas ja kottarainen lauloivat #luonto #luontokuvaus #Helsinki #kevät
March 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Nyt kevät on todella tulossa 🌱 Nautin kahvia auringonnousun aikaan tänä aamuna klo 6:30, kun mustarastas ja kottarainen lauloivat #luonto #luontokuvaus #Helsinki #kevät
Mahtavaa työtä taas @hel.fi! Pyörätie aurattu jo klo 07:50 🙌❄️🚲
#pyöräily #talvi #liikkuminen #Helsinki #cycling #ActiveTravel
#pyöräily #talvi #liikkuminen #Helsinki #cycling #ActiveTravel
March 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Mahtavaa työtä taas @hel.fi! Pyörätie aurattu jo klo 07:50 🙌❄️🚲
#pyöräily #talvi #liikkuminen #Helsinki #cycling #ActiveTravel
#pyöräily #talvi #liikkuminen #Helsinki #cycling #ActiveTravel
February 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
February 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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....
February 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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....
📅 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
@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
January 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📅 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
@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
January 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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