Liina Mansukoski
Biographic Data
| ID | 4343881 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Liina Mansukoski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Liina |
| FAMILY NAME | Mansukoski |
| SIGNATURE | MANSUKOSKI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9481-4352 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Impacts of discretionary universal free school meal schemes on primary school children’s education attainment and school absence
Some areas of high child poverty offer free school lunch for all 4-11-year olds. • No effects were found on attainment or absence after 6 years of implementation. • Longest running schemes (7+ years) showed positive effects on reading and maths. • Scheme effects differed by local authority. Discretionary Universal Free School Meal (UFSM) schemes for 4-11-year-olds were implemented in four local authorities with high child poverty levels in London…
Inequalities in adiposity trends between 1979 and 1999 in Guatemalan children
BACKGROUND: Guatemala suffered from civil war and high levels of inequality and childhood stunting in the second half of the 20th century, but little is known about inequalities in secular trends in adiposity. OBJECTIVES: To investigate differences in childhood body mass index (BMI) and skinfold thickness trajectories from 1979 to 1999 between three groups of children: High socioeconomic position (SEP) Ladino, Low SEP Ladino, and Low SEP Indigeno…
Development of Public Health Core Outcome Sets for Systems-Wide Promotion of Early Life Health and Wellbeing
We aimed to develop a core outcome set (COS) for systems-wide public health interventions seeking to promote early life health and wellbeing. Research was embedded within the existing systems-based intervention research programme 'ActEarly', located in two different areas with high rates of child poverty, Bradford (West Yorkshire) and the Borough of Tower Hamlets (London). 168 potential outcomes were derived from five local government outcome fra…
Growth delay
GD is a population-level measure of child health that reflects the role of delayed skeletal development in linear growth faltering
Four decades of socio-economic inequality and secular change in the physical growth of Guatemalans
Objective: To investigate changes in socio-economic inequalities in growth in height, weight, BMI and grip strength in children born during 1955–1993 in Guatemala, a period of marked socio-economic-political change. Design: We modelled longitudinal data on height, weight, BMI and hand grip strength using Super-Imposition by Translation and Rotation (SITAR). Internal Z -scores summarising growth size, timing and intensity (peak growth velocity, e.…
How can two biological variables have opposing secular trends, yet be positively related? A demonstration using timing of puberty and adult height
Timing of puberty and adult height have opposing secular trends yet are positively associated in individuals. We demonstrate this using data from a single sample and discuss possible statistical and epidemiological reasons behind it. The sample comprised 365 females from Fels Longitudinal Study born 1929-1992. We used Super-Imposition by Translation and Rotation (SITAR) to estimate individual age at peak height velocity (PHV) and PHV from serial …
Life course associations of height, weight, fatness, grip strength, and all‐cause mortality for high socioeconomic status Guatemalans
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to investigate the association between physical growth in preadult life with five outcomes at ages 64 to 76: weight, body mass index (BMI), estimated body fat percentage, hand grip strength, and mortality. METHODS: Super-imposition by translation and rotation (SITAR) growth curves of 40 484 Guatemalan individuals aged 3 to 19 years were modeled for the parameters of size, timing and intensity (peak grow…
Smaller long bone cross-sectional size in people who died of tuberculosis
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Smaller long bone cross-sectional size in people who died of tuberculosis
Life course associations of height, weight, fatness, grip strength, and all‐cause mortality for high socioeconomic status Guatemalans
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to investigate the association between physical growth in preadult life with five outcomes at ages 64 to 76: weight, body mass index (BMI), estimated body fat percentage, hand grip strength, and mortality. METHODS: Super-imposition by translation and rotation (SITAR) growth curves of 40 484 Guatemalan individuals aged 3 to 19 years were modeled for the parameters of size, timing and intensity (peak grow…
Four decades of socio-economic inequality and secular change in the physical growth of Guatemalans
Objective: To investigate changes in socio-economic inequalities in growth in height, weight, BMI and grip strength in children born during 1955–1993 in Guatemala, a period of marked socio-economic-political change. Design: We modelled longitudinal data on height, weight, BMI and hand grip strength using Super-Imposition by Translation and Rotation (SITAR). Internal Z -scores summarising growth size, timing and intensity (peak growth velocity, e.…
How can two biological variables have opposing secular trends, yet be positively related? A demonstration using timing of puberty and adult height
Timing of puberty and adult height have opposing secular trends yet are positively associated in individuals. We demonstrate this using data from a single sample and discuss possible statistical and epidemiological reasons behind it. The sample comprised 365 females from Fels Longitudinal Study born 1929-1992. We used Super-Imposition by Translation and Rotation (SITAR) to estimate individual age at peak height velocity (PHV) and PHV from serial …
Development of Public Health Core Outcome Sets for Systems-Wide Promotion of Early Life Health and Wellbeing
We aimed to develop a core outcome set (COS) for systems-wide public health interventions seeking to promote early life health and wellbeing. Research was embedded within the existing systems-based intervention research programme 'ActEarly', located in two different areas with high rates of child poverty, Bradford (West Yorkshire) and the Borough of Tower Hamlets (London). 168 potential outcomes were derived from five local government outcome fra…
Growth delay
GD is a population-level measure of child health that reflects the role of delayed skeletal development in linear growth faltering
Inequalities in adiposity trends between 1979 and 1999 in Guatemalan children
BACKGROUND: Guatemala suffered from civil war and high levels of inequality and childhood stunting in the second half of the 20th century, but little is known about inequalities in secular trends in adiposity. OBJECTIVES: To investigate differences in childhood body mass index (BMI) and skinfold thickness trajectories from 1979 to 1999 between three groups of children: High socioeconomic position (SEP) Ladino, Low SEP Ladino, and Low SEP Indigeno…
Impacts of discretionary universal free school meal schemes on primary school children’s education attainment and school absence
Some areas of high child poverty offer free school lunch for all 4-11-year olds. • No effects were found on attainment or absence after 6 years of implementation. • Longest running schemes (7+ years) showed positive effects on reading and maths. • Scheme effects differed by local authority. Discretionary Universal Free School Meal (UFSM) schemes for 4-11-year-olds were implemented in four local authorities with high child poverty levels in London…
Demography (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 works) · Birth, Development, and Health (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Secular variation (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works)