Noora Kanerva
Biographic Data
| ID | 5489155 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Noora Kanerva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Noora |
| FAMILY NAME | Kanerva |
| SIGNATURE | KANERVA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6776-9357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Are healthier diets culturally affordable in Africa? evidence from four African countries
In 2023, between 713 and 757 million people experienced hunger globally, with Sub-Saharan Africa facing a prevalence of undernourishment at 20.4%. This study addresses the nutritional challenges affecting vulnerable groups, particularly women and young children, in eight African cities by modelling nutritionally adequate, economically affordable, and culturally acceptable diets. Our goal is to provide optimised diets for future consideration in f…
Having lunch at the staff canteen and plant food consumption among 19–39-year-old Finnish employees
Having lunch at the staff canteen was associated with more frequent fresh and cooked vegetable consumption. The results warrant further studies, including interventions, investigating whether and how staff canteens could promote the consumption of plant foods among employees
Wealth and obesity in pre-adolescents and their guardians
The prevalence of non-communicable diseases is increasing in lower-middle-income countries as these countries transition to unhealthy lifestyles. The transition is mostly predominant in urban areas. We assessed the association between wealth and obesity in two sub-counties in Nairobi City County, Kenya, in the context of family and poverty. This cross-sectional study was conducted among of 9–14 years old pre-adolescents and their guardians living…
Intergenerational social mobility and body mass index trajectories – A follow-up study from Finland
Evidence remains unclear on how intergenerational social mobility is associated with body mass index (BMI) and its long-term changes. Our study identified BMI trajectories from middle to older age by intergenerational social mobility groups and stratified the analyses by gender and two birth cohorts (birth years 1940‒1947 and 1950-1962). We used questionnaire-based cohort data that consists of four survey phases: 2000-2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017. …
Body Mass Index Trajectory–Specific Changes in Economic Circumstances
Economic disadvantage is related to a higher risk of adulthood obesity, but few studies have considered whether changes in economic circumstances depend on a person's body mass index (BMI) trajectory. We identified latent BMI trajectories among midlife and ageing Finns and captured individual-level changes in economic circumstances within the BMI trajectories utilizing sequence analysis. We used the Helsinki Health Study cohort data of initially …
The Baltic Sea Diet Score
Objective The health-related effects of the Nordic diet remain mostly unidentified. We created a Baltic Sea Diet Score (BSDS) for epidemiological research to indicate adherence to a healthy Nordic diet. We examined associations between the score and nutrient intakes that are considered important in promoting public health. We also examined the performance of the BSDS under two different cut-off strategies. Design The cross-sectional study include…
A diet following Finnish nutrition recommendations does not contribute to the current epidemic of obesity
Objective Recently, the general public opinion is that nutritional recommendations promote obesity rather than prevent it. We created the Recommended Finnish Diet Score (RFDS) that illustrates the Finnish nutrition recommendations and assessed whether this score is associated with BMI, waist circumference (WC) and body fat percentage (BF%). Design Cross-sectional study included two phases of the National FINRISK 2007 Study. Diet was assessed usin…
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A diet following Finnish nutrition recommendations does not contribute to the current epidemic of obesity
Objective Recently, the general public opinion is that nutritional recommendations promote obesity rather than prevent it. We created the Recommended Finnish Diet Score (RFDS) that illustrates the Finnish nutrition recommendations and assessed whether this score is associated with BMI, waist circumference (WC) and body fat percentage (BF%). Design Cross-sectional study included two phases of the National FINRISK 2007 Study. Diet was assessed usin…
The Baltic Sea Diet Score
Objective The health-related effects of the Nordic diet remain mostly unidentified. We created a Baltic Sea Diet Score (BSDS) for epidemiological research to indicate adherence to a healthy Nordic diet. We examined associations between the score and nutrient intakes that are considered important in promoting public health. We also examined the performance of the BSDS under two different cut-off strategies. Design The cross-sectional study include…
Intergenerational social mobility and body mass index trajectories – A follow-up study from Finland
Evidence remains unclear on how intergenerational social mobility is associated with body mass index (BMI) and its long-term changes. Our study identified BMI trajectories from middle to older age by intergenerational social mobility groups and stratified the analyses by gender and two birth cohorts (birth years 1940‒1947 and 1950-1962). We used questionnaire-based cohort data that consists of four survey phases: 2000-2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017. …
Body Mass Index Trajectory–Specific Changes in Economic Circumstances
Economic disadvantage is related to a higher risk of adulthood obesity, but few studies have considered whether changes in economic circumstances depend on a person's body mass index (BMI) trajectory. We identified latent BMI trajectories among midlife and ageing Finns and captured individual-level changes in economic circumstances within the BMI trajectories utilizing sequence analysis. We used the Helsinki Health Study cohort data of initially …
Wealth and obesity in pre-adolescents and their guardians
The prevalence of non-communicable diseases is increasing in lower-middle-income countries as these countries transition to unhealthy lifestyles. The transition is mostly predominant in urban areas. We assessed the association between wealth and obesity in two sub-counties in Nairobi City County, Kenya, in the context of family and poverty. This cross-sectional study was conducted among of 9–14 years old pre-adolescents and their guardians living…
Are healthier diets culturally affordable in Africa? evidence from four African countries
In 2023, between 713 and 757 million people experienced hunger globally, with Sub-Saharan Africa facing a prevalence of undernourishment at 20.4%. This study addresses the nutritional challenges affecting vulnerable groups, particularly women and young children, in eight African cities by modelling nutritionally adequate, economically affordable, and culturally acceptable diets. Our goal is to provide optimised diets for future consideration in f…
Having lunch at the staff canteen and plant food consumption among 19–39-year-old Finnish employees
Having lunch at the staff canteen was associated with more frequent fresh and cooked vegetable consumption. The results warrant further studies, including interventions, investigating whether and how staff canteens could promote the consumption of plant foods among employees
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Body mass index (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (3 works)