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  1. Physical Activity and Metabolic Alterations in Children and Adolescents Across Different Weight Groups: A Systematic Review

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, June 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  2. Unhealthy blood lipid levels in youth are linked to poorer brain health

    Article • Pediatric Research, April 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  3. Associations Between Adherence to 24-hour Movement Guidelines and Academic Achievement in School-Aged Children

    Article • American Journal of Health Promotion, April 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  4. Reproducibility and agreement of pulse wave velocity and augmentation index over repeated assessments using two different devices in adolescents

    Article • Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, January 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  5. Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Time From Childhood to Adolescence With Cognition in Adolescence: The PANIC Study

    Article • Pediatric Exercise Science, January 2026, Human Kinetics

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  6. Long-term physical activity protects against metabolic syndrome

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, November 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Tiina Savikangas, Dr. Eero Haapala

  7. Can regional phase angle reflect changes in physical fitness and body composition from late childhood to adolescence? A cohort study

    Article • Nutrition, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  8. Associations of screen time and physical activity with TMS-based measures of motor cortical excitability in adolescents

    Article • Neuroscience, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  9. Adolescents accumulating more physical activity have better arterial health

    Article • Pediatric Obesity, August 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  10. Plasma fatty acid composition predicts bone mineral accrual from childhood to adolescence: the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children study

    Article • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, August 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  11. Leisure time Physical activity during early adulthood may alter gut microbiota composition

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  12. Childhood physical fitness is a poor predictor of adolescent cardiovascular health

    Article • Sports Medicine - Open, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  13. Mediating role of organized sports participation on the relationship between body fatness and arterial wall thickness among adolescents: ABCD Growth Study

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  14. Limiting screen time from childhood protects mental health in adolescence

    Article • JAMA Network Open, February 2025, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  15. Does Music Support Cognitive Control and Affective Responses During Acute Exercise? An Exploratory Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Article • January 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  16. Association Between Meeting 24-Hour Movement Guidelines and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adolescents

    Article • Pediatric Exercise Science, January 2025, Human Kinetics

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  17. Associations of Cardiovascular Health Metrics in Childhood and Adolescence With Arterial Health Indicators in Adolescence: The PANIC Study

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, November 2024, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  18. Identifying adolescents with increased cardiometabolic risk—Simple, but challenging

    Article • Jornal de Pediatria, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  19. Good physical fitness from childhood protects youth mental health

    Article • Sports Medicine, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  20. Longitudinal associations of an exposome score with serum metabolites from childhood to adolescence

    Article • Communications Biology, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  21. Eight-year diet and physical activity intervention affects serum metabolites during childhood and adolescence: A nonrandomized controlled trial

    Article • iScience, July 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  22. Association between meeting 24-h movement guidelines and health in children and adolescents aged 5–17 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, May 2024, Frontiers

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  23. Poor vascular health may impair brain health in adolescents

    Article • Physiological Reports, May 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala, Petri Jalanko

  24. Sedentary lifestyle puts strain on young hearts

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, March 2024, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  25. The associations of depressive symptoms and perceived stress with arterial health in adolescents

    Article • Physiological Reports, March 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  26. Changes in the bone-strengthening physical activity levels during adolescence

    Article • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  27. Sports and exercise promote bone health in youth

    Article • BMC Public Health, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  28. Associations of diet quality and food consumption with serum biomarkers for lipid and amino acid metabolism in Finnish children: the PANIC study

    Article • Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  29. Performance in 20-metre shuttle run test is positively associated with brain health in children

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, December 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  30. Physical fitness levels since childhood predict cerebellar volume in adolescence.

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala, Petri Jalanko

  31. A healthy diet, reading, and doing sports promote reasoning skills in children

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, August 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  32. Accumulating Sedentary Time and Physical Activity from Childhood to Adolescence and Cardiac Function in Adolescence

    Article • July 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  33. Relationships of BMI, muscle-to-fat ratio, and handgrip strength-to-BMI ratio to physical fitness in Spanish children and adolescents

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  34. Cross-Lagged Associations between Physical Activity, Motor Performance, and Academic Skills in Primary-School Children

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, March 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  35. Good physical fitness does not protect the child from obesity-related low-grade inflammation

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, February 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  36. Maintaining muscle mass supports women's arterial health from youth to middle age

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  37. Effects of regular sauna bathing in conjunction with exercise on cardiovascular function: a multi-arm, randomized controlled trial

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, September 2022, American Physiological Society

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  38. Is low cardiorespiratory fitness a feature of metabolic syndrome in children and adults?

    Article • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  39. Associations between physical activity, motor skills, executive functions and early numeracy in preschoolers

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  40. Associations of resting and peak fat oxidation with sex hormone profile and blood glucose control in middle-aged women

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  41. The effects of an 8-year individualised lifestyle intervention on food consumption and nutrient intake from childhood to adolescence: the PANIC Study

    Article • Journal of Nutritional Science, January 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  42. Longitudinal and cross‐sectional associations of adherence to 24‐hour movement guidelines with cardiometabolic risk

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, October 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  43. Associations of fitness, motor competence, and adiposity with the indicators of physical activity intensity during different physical activities in children

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  44. Longitudinal associations of physical activity, sedentary time, and cardiorespiratory fitness with arterial health in children – the PANIC study

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  45. Physical activity and low-grade inflammation in children

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, March 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  46. Associations of age, body size, and maturation with physical activity intensity in different laboratory tasks in children

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  47. Motor competence, obesity, and aerobic fitness in children

    Article • Translational Sports Medicine, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  48. Associations of cardiorespiratory fitness, adiposity, and arterial stiffness with cognition in youth

    Article • Physiological Reports, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  49. A 2 year physical activity and dietary intervention attenuates the increase in insulin resistance in a general population of children: the PANIC study

    Article • Diabetologia, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  50. Validity of traditional physical activity intensity calibration methods and the feasibility of self-paced walking and running on individualised calibration of physical activity intensity in children

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  51. The effects of a 2-year physical activity and dietary intervention on plasma lipid concentrations in children: the PANIC Study

    Article • Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  52. Aerobic fitness, exercise, obesity and heart health in middle-aged men and women

    Article • Physiological Reports, May 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  53. Role of dietary carbohydrates and fatty acids in cognition among children

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, February 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  54. What we know about the role of nutrition, exercise, and sleep in brain health and learning in youth

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  55. Children with increased risk for metabolic syndrome also have impaired regulation of the heart

    Article • Pediatric Diabetes, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  56. Physical activity and reduced sedentary time may decrease risk of type 2 diabetes in children

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, November 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  57. Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, aerobic fitness, and heart health in children

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  58. Longitudinal associations of physical activity and pubertal development with academic achievement in adolescents

    Article • Journal of Sport and Health Science, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  59. Prevention of cardiovascular diseases since early childhood – is keeping kids at normal weight the best investment?

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, June 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  60. Environmental Correlates of Motor Competence in Children—The Skilled Kids Study

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  61. Fitness and vascular health in young Fontan patients

    Article • Pediatric Cardiology, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  62. Aerobic fitness, arterial stiffness, and arterial dilatation capacity in children

    Article • Pediatric Exercise Science, January 2019, Human Kinetics

    Andrew Agbaje, Dr. Eero Haapala

  63. Aerobic fitness cut-points to identify metabolic syndrome in children

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  64. Increasing vigorous exercise decreas risk of type 2 diabetes already in children

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  65. Does motor skills or aerobic fitness boost children's cognitive functions?

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, October 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  66. Low fitness may indicate poor arterial health in adolescents

    Article • European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  67. Genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in children

    Article • Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, June 2018, IOS Press

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  68. Reproducibility of arterial stiffness in youth

    Article • Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  69. Physical literacy explain the inverse association between obesity and academic achievement

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  70. Physical activity and heart health in children

    Article • Pediatric Exercise Science, August 2017, Human Kinetics

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  71. Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and academic achievement in children

    Article • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  72. Physical activity and sedentary behavior in children from different sosioeconomic backgrounds

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  73. Effects of high intensity interval training on attention, memory, and executive functions in youth

    Article • Human Movement, January 2017, Termedia Sp. z.o.o.

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  74. Healthy diet and academic performance in school-aged children

    Article • Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  75. Cross-Sectional Associations of Objectively-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time with Body Composition and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Mid-Childhood: The PANIC Study

    Article • Sports Medicine, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  76. The effects of a 2-year individualized and family-based lifestyle intervention on physical activity, sedentary behavior and diet in children

    Article • Preventive Medicine, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  77. Adiposity, physical activity and neuromuscular performance in children

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  78. Neural effects of exercise, diet and sleep

    Article • November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  79. Children’s motor competence is more strongly associated with cognition than fitness and obesity

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, October 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  80. Diet quality and cognitive function in children

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, August 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  81. Good cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity are related to better heart health in children

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, July 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  82. Associations of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior with Academic Skills – A Follow-Up Study among Primary School Children

    Article • PLOS One, September 2014, PLOS

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  83. Are children's motor skills and aerobic fitness linked to reading and math skills?

    Article • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, May 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  84. Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Motor Skills in Relation to Cognition and Academic Performance in Children – A Review

    Article • Journal of Human Kinetics, January 2013, De Gruyter

    Dr. Eero Haapala

  85. Physical Activity, Academic Performance and Cognition in Children and Adolescents. A Systematic Review

    Article • Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity, January 2012, De Gruyter

    Dr. Eero Haapala