Publications
2025
Perinatal risk factors and disordered eating in children and adolescents.
Ålgars M, Räisänen L, Lommi S, Koivusalo S, Viljakainen H. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. 2025.
Cohort Profile Update: Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT).
Sarkkola C, Lommi S, Ankkuri E, Pashley D, Elomaa K, Agrawal N, Engberg E, Männistö S, Lahti J, Viljakainen H. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2025.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag. Summary.
Tendency to overeat predicts an elevated body mass index trajectory across school-age years.
Sarkkola C, Lommi S, Elomaa K, Kajantie E, Männistö S, Viljakainen H. Scientific Reports. 2025.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag.
2024
Determinants of binge eating and its impact on indicators of obesity among Finnish adolescents – a cohort study.
Lehto R, Ålgars M, Lommi S, Leppänen MH, Viljakainen H. Journal of Eating Disorders. 2024.
Parental depression and emotional feeding practices are associated with a tendency towards overeating in preadolescents.
Sarkkola C, Leppänen MH, Eloranta A-M, Räisänen L, Männistö S, Viljakainen H. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2024.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag.
Irregular meal pattern and later sleep midpoint are associated with increased BMI z-score and waist-height ratio during early adolescence.
Lommi S, Engberg E, Lehtimäki A-V, Lehto R, Viljakainen H. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2024.
Burden of oral diseases predicts development of excess weight in early adolescence: a 2-year longitudinal study.
Lommi S, Leinonen J, Pussinen P, Furuholm J, Kolho K-L, Viljakainen H. European Journal of Pediatrics. 2024.
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Associations of central obesity and habitual food consumption with saliva microbiota and its enzymatic profiles – a pilot study in Finnish children.
Agrawal N, Fontana F, Tarracchini C, Lommi S, Ventura M, Milani C, Viljakainen H. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2024.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag. Summary.
2023
Interaction between genetic susceptibility to obesity and food intake on BMI in Finnish school-aged children.
Viljakainen H, Sorlí JV, Dahlström E, Agrawal N, Portolés O, Corella D. Scientific Reports. 2023.
Pre-Diagnostic Saliva Microbiota of School-Aged Children Who Developed Type 1 Diabetes or Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
Räisänen L, Agrawal N, Mathew B, Kääriäinen S, Kolho K-L, Viljakainen H. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023.
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Exposure to proton pump inhibitors is associated with the development of pediatric autoimmune diseases.
Räisänen L, Viljakainen H, Kolho K-L. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2023.
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Delayed bedtime on non-school days associates with higher weight and waist circumference in children: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses with Mendelian randomisation.
Viljakainen H, Engberg E, Dahlström E, Lommi S, Lahti J. Journal of Sleep Research. 2022.
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2022
Antibiotic exposures and the development of pediatric autoimmune diseases: a register-based case–control study.
Räisänen L, Kääriäinen S, Sund R, Engberg E, Viljakainen H, Kolho K-L. Pediatric Research. 2022.
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The Composition and Functional Capacities of Saliva Microbiota Differ Between Children With Low and High Sweet Treat Consumption.
Lommi S, Manzoor M, Engberg E, Agrawal N, Lakka TA, Leinonen J, Kolho K-L, Viljakainen H. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2022.
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The longitudinal associations between mental health indicators and digital media use and physical activity during adolescence: A latent class approach.
Engberg E, Hietajärvi L, Maksniemi E, Lahti J, Lonka K, Salmela-Aro K, Viljakainen H. Mental Health and Physical Activity. 2022.
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Body Mass Index, Physical Activity, and Body Image in Adolescents.
Leppänen M, Lehtimäki A-V, Roos E, Viljakainen H. Children. 2022.
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2021
Prevalence of thinness, overweight, obesity and central obesity in Finnish school-aged children: a comparison of national and international reference values.
Sarkkola C, Viljakainen J, Figueiredo RAO, Saari A, Lommi S, Engberg E, Viljakainen H. Obesity Facts. 2021.
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Central obesity in school-aged children increases the likelihood of developing paediatric autoimmune diseases.
Räisänen L, Lommi S, Engberg E, Kolho K-L, Viljakainen H. Pediatric Obesity. 2021.
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Physical Activity Among Preadolescents Modifies the Long-Term Association Between Sedentary Time Spent Using Digital Media and the Increased Risk of Being Overweight.
Engberg E, Leppänen MH, Sarkkola C, Viljakainen H. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2021.
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Saliva microbiota differs between children with low and high sedentary screen times.
Engberg E, Raju SC, Figueiredo RAO, Weiderpass E, Rounge TB, Viljakainen H. Human Microbiome Journal. 2021.
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Sex- and weight-specific changes in the frequency of sweet treat consumption during early adolescence: a longitudinal study.
Lommi S, Engberg E, Tuorila H, Kolho K-L, Viljakainen H. British Journal of Nutrition. 2021.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag.
High abundance of sugar metabolisers in saliva of children with caries.
Manzoor M, Lommi S, Furuholm J, Sarkkola C, Engberg E, Raju S, Viljakainen H. Scientific Reports. 2021.
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Perinatal risk factors for pediatric onset type 1 diabetes, autoimmune thyroiditis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and inflammatory bowel diseases.
Räisänen L, Viljakainen H, Sarkkola C, Kolho K-L. European Journal of Pediatrics. 2021.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag.
2020
Lifetime antimicrobial use is associated with weight status in early adolescence—A register‐based cohort study.
Figueiredo RAO, Kajantie E, Neuvonen PJ, Rounge TB, Weiderpass E, Viljakainen H. Pediatric Obesity. 2020.
Antimicrobial drug use in the first decade of life influences saliva microbiota diversity and composition.
Raju S, Viljakainen H, Figueiredo RAO, Neuvonen PJ, Eriksson JG, Weiderpass E, Rounge TB. Microbiome. 2020.
Breastfeeding may have a long-term effect on oral microbiota: results from the Fin-HIT cohort.
Eshriqui I, Viljakainen HT, Ferreira SRG, Raju SC, Weiderpass E, Figueiredo RAO. International Breastfeeding Journal. 2020.
Frequent use of selected sugary products associates with thinness, but not overweight during preadolescence: a cross-sectional study.
Lommi S, Figueiredo RAO, Tuorila H, Viljakainen H. British Journal of Nutrition. 2020.
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Meal Regularity Plays a Role in Shaping the Saliva Microbiota.
Viljakainen J, Raju SC, Viljakainen H, Figueiredo RAO, Roos E, Weiderpass E, Rounge TB. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2020.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag. Summary.
2019
Heavy Screen Use on Weekends in Childhood Predicts Increased Body Mass Index in Adolescence: A Three-Year Follow-Up Study.
Engberg E, Figueiredo RAO, Rounge TB, Weiderpass E, Viljakainen H. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2019.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag. Summary.
Genetic risk score predicts risk for overweight and obesity in Finnish preadolescents.
Viljakainen H, Dahlström E, Figueiredo R, Sandholm N, Rounge TB, Weiderpass E. Clinical Obesity. 2019.
Heavy screen users are the heaviest among 10,000 children.
Engberg E, Figueiredo RAO, Rounge TB, Weiderpass E, Viljakainen H. Scientific Reports. 2019.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag. Summary.
Eating habits and weight status in Finnish adolescents.
Viljakainen J, Figueiredo RAO, Viljakainen H, Roos E, Weiderpass E, Rounge TB. Public Health Nutrition. 2019.
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Children’s Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT): a validation study in Finnish children.
Lommi S, Viljakainen HT, Weiderpass E, Figueiredo RAO. Eating and Weight Disorders-Studeis on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. 2019.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag. Summary.
Gender-specific associations between saliva microbiota and body size.
Raju SC, Lagström S, Ellonen P, de Vos WM, Eriksson JG, Weiderpass E, Rounge TB. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2019.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag. Summary.
Identifying eating habits in Finnish children: a cross-sectional study.
Figueiredo RAO, Viljakainen J, Viljakainen H, Roos E, Rounge TB, Weiderpass E. BMC Public Health. 2019.
Tiivistelmä. Sammandrag. Summary.
Viljakainen HT, Figueiredo RAO, Rounge TB, Weiderpass E. Appetite. 2019.
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2018
Assessing genome-wide significance for the detection of differentially methylated regions.
Page GM, Vos L, Rounge TB, Harbo HF, Andreassen BK. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology. 2018.
Cohort profile -The Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT) Study: a population-based study.
Figueiredo RAO, Simola-Ström S, Rounge TB, Viljakainen H, Eriksson JG, Roos E, Weiderpass E. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2018.
Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating symptoms in Finnish preadolescents.
Figueiredo RAO, Simola-Ström S, Isomaa R, Weiderpass E. Eating Disorders. 2018.
Reproducibility and repeatability of six high-throughput 16S rDNA sequencing protocols for microbiota profiling.
Raju S, Lagstrom S, Ellonen P, De Vos W M, Eriksson J, Weiderpass E, Rounge TB. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 2018.
2017
Maternal alcohol and tobacco consumption and the association with their 9 to 14-year-old children’s Body Mass Index.
Figueiredo RAO, Roos E, Eriksson JG, Simola-Ström S, Weiderpass E. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2017.
2016
Validity of self-reported out-of-school physical activity among Finnish 11-year-old children.
Määttä S, Nuutinen T, Ray C, Eriksson JG, Weiderpass E, Roos E. Archieves of Public Health. 2016.
Genome-wide DNA methylation in saliva and body size of adolescent girls.
Rounge TB, Page CM, Lepistö M, Ellonen P, Andreassen B, Weiderpass E. Epigenomics. 2016.
Validity of home-measured height, weight and waist circumference among adolescents.
Sarkkola C, Rounge TB, Simola-Ström S, Von Kraemer S, Roos E, Weiderpass E. European Journal of Public Health. 2016.
2015
Ethical aspects of registry-based research in the Nordic countries.
Ludvigsson J, Håberg S, Knudsen GP, Lafolie P, Zoeka H, Sarkkola C, von Kraemer S, Weiderpass E, Nørgaard M.