Irja Haapala

Summary

Affiliation: University of Kuopio
Country: Finland

Publications

  1. ncbi Anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the assessment of body composition in elderly Finnish women
    Irja Haapala
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 22:383-91. 2002
  2. ncbi Food safety knowledge, perceptions, and behaviors among middle school students
    Irja Haapala
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    J Nutr Educ Behav 36:71-6. 2004
  3. ncbi Metabolic syndrome and the progression of carotid intima-media thickness in elderly women
    Maija Hassinen
    Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland
    Arch Intern Med 166:444-9. 2006
  4. ncbi Metabolic syndrome and cognitive function: a population-based follow-up study in elderly women
    Pirjo Komulainen
    Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Department of Physiology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 23:29-34. 2007
  5. ncbi Weight loss by mobile phone: a 1-year effectiveness study
    Irja Haapala
    Department of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    Public Health Nutr 12:2382-91. 2009
  6. ncbi Association between dietary habits, education, serum triglycerides and blood cholesterol among women of Cabildo, Buenos Aires
    Raul J Schneider
    Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Adventista del Plata, Libertador San Martin, Entre Rios, Argentina
    Medicina (B Aires) 66:517-25. 2006

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the assessment of body composition in elderly Finnish women
    Irja Haapala
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 22:383-91. 2002
    ..These results indicate that BIA prediction equations, chosen with care, can improve the performance of equations based upon anthropometric measurements alone in the assessment of body composition in elderly women...
  2. ncbi Food safety knowledge, perceptions, and behaviors among middle school students
    Irja Haapala
    Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    J Nutr Educ Behav 36:71-6. 2004
    ..To assess the level of food safety knowledge, perceptions, and self-reported food-handling behaviors among middle school students...
  3. ncbi Metabolic syndrome and the progression of carotid intima-media thickness in elderly women
    Maija Hassinen
    Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Kuopio, Finland
    Arch Intern Med 166:444-9. 2006
    ..We investigated the association of the metabolic syndrome with the progression of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in elderly women...
  4. ncbi Metabolic syndrome and cognitive function: a population-based follow-up study in elderly women
    Pirjo Komulainen
    Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Department of Physiology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 23:29-34. 2007
    ..To test the hypothesis that metabolic syndrome predicts cognitive impairment, and to examine the association of single metabolic risk factors with cognitive functioning...
  5. ncbi Weight loss by mobile phone: a 1-year effectiveness study
    Irja Haapala
    Department of Public Health, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    Public Health Nutr 12:2382-91. 2009
    ..To investigate the short- and long-term effectiveness and the predictors of weight loss in a mobile phone weight-loss programme among healthy overweight adults...
  6. ncbi Association between dietary habits, education, serum triglycerides and blood cholesterol among women of Cabildo, Buenos Aires
    Raul J Schneider
    Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Adventista del Plata, Libertador San Martin, Entre Rios, Argentina
    Medicina (B Aires) 66:517-25. 2006
    ..No statistically significant association was found between food groups and cholesterol or triglyceride levels...