Publications by authors named "M Nurkkala"

Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates how different movement behaviors (like physical activity and sedentary time) affect cardiometabolic health in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
  • It found no overall differences in daily movement patterns between the groups, but reducing sedentary behavior (SB) while increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) improved health markers for women without PCOS, while women with PCOS only showed benefits from substituting SB with MVPA.
  • The research involved a large cohort study from Northern Finland, analyzing data from 5889 women with follow-ups at ages 31 and 46, focusing on physical activity levels and cardiometabolic health indicators.
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Objective: To investigate eating behavior domains-emotional, uncontrolled, and cognitive restraint eating-in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with different PCOS phenotypes and women without PCOS at midlife.

Design: A prospective cohort study. Eating behavior domains were assessed at age of 46 years.

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The beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) on gut microbiome have been reported, nevertheless the findings are inconsistent, with the main limitation of subjective methods for assessing PA. It is well accepted that using an objective assessment of PA reduces the measurement error and also allows objective assessment of sedentary behavior (SB). We aimed to study the associations between accelerometer-assessed behaviors (i.

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Success in long-term weight management depends partly on psychological and behavioral aspects. Understanding the links between psychological factors and eating behavior tendencies is needed to develop more effective weight management methods. This population-based cross-sectional study examined whether eating self-efficacy (ESE) is associated with cognitive restraint (CR), uncontrolled eating (UE), emotional eating (EE), and binge eating (BE).

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