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Finland
2026

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13131
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872
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10

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Overview

Antti Uutela is affiliated with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) in Finland. Their research spans across the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Applied Psychology.

The primary topics covered in Uutela's work include Physical Activity and Health, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, and Behavioral Health and Interventions.

Uutela has contributed to publications in venues such as the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Among recent papers, one notable work is Effectiveness of the Let's Move It multi-level vocational school-based intervention on physical activity and sedentary behavior: a cluster randomized trial, published in 2025 in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Frequent collaborators in Uutela's research include:

  • Nelli Hankonen
  • Ari Haukkala
  • Minttu Palsola
  • Matti T. J. Heino
  • Reijo Sund

Best Publications

  • Physical exercise and psychological well-being: a population study in Finland.

    Peter Hassmén;Nathalie Koivula;Antti Uutela

  • Fish Consumption and Depressive Symptoms in the General Population in Finland

    Antti Tanskanen;Joseph R. Hibbeln;Jaakko Tuomilehto;Antti Uutela

  • Size at birth and resilience to effects of poor living conditions in adult life: longitudinal study

    D J P Barker;T Forsén;A Uutela;C Osmond

  • The dilemma of patient responsibility for lifestyle change: Perceptions among primary care physicians and nurses

    Piia Jallinoja;Pilvikki Absetz;Risto Kuronen;Aulikki Nissinen

  • Age at Natural Menopause and Sociodemographic Status in Finland

    Riitta Luoto;Jaakko Kaprio;Antti Uutela

  • Sense of coherence as a predictor of subjective state of health: Results of 4 years of follow-up of adults

    Sakari Suominen;Hans Helenius;Helena Blomberg;Antti Uutela

  • The Beck Depression Inventory and General Health Questionnaire as measures of depression in the general population: A validation study using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview as the gold standard

    Anna-Mari Aalto;Marko Elovainio;Mika Kivimäki;Antti Uutela

  • Type 2 diabetes prevention in the real world: three-year results of the GOAL lifestyle implementation trial

    Pilvikki Absetz;Brian Federick Oldenburg;Nelli Hankonen;Raisa Valve

  • Economic crisis and mental health

    Antti Uutela

  • Health Related Quality of Life among Insulin-Dependent Diabetics: Disease-Related and Psychosocial Correlates.

    Anna-Mari Aalto;Antti Uutela;Arja R. Aro

  • Social class, health behaviour, and mortality among men and women in eastern Finland.

    Juha Pekkanen;Jaakko Tuomilehto;Antti Uutela;Erkki Vartiainen

  • Edentulism among Finnish adults of working age, 1978-1997.

    Anna-Liisa Suominen-Taipale;Pentti Alanen;Hans Helenius;Anne Nordblad

  • Depression and smoking cessation: the role of motivation and self-efficacy.

    Ari Haukkala;Antti Uutela;Erkki Vartiainen;Alfred Mcalister

  • Occasional smoking increases total and cardiovascular mortality among men.

    Riitta Luoto;Antti Uutela;Pekka Puska

  • Rural-urban differences in health and health behaviour: a baseline description of a community health-promotion programme for the elderly.

    Mikael Fogelholm;Raisa Valve;Pilvikki Absetz;Heikki Heinonen

  • Predictive genetic testing for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer: uptake and long-term satisfaction.

    Katja Aktan-Collan;J P Mecklin;H Järvinen;M Nyström-Lahti

  • The effect of objective job demands on registered sickness absence spells; do personal, social and job-related resources act as moderators?

    Jussi Vahtera;Jaana Pentti;Antti Uutela

  • Social participation, trust and self-rated health: A study among ageing people in urban, semi-urban and rural settings

    Olli Nummela;Tommi Sulander;Ossi Rahkonen;Antti Karisto

  • Quality of life and factors related to perceived satisfaction with quality of life after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

    Heikki Heinonen;Liisa Volin;Antti Uutela;Michael Zevon

  • Income and health behaviours. Evidence from monitoring surveys among Finnish adults

    M Laaksonen;R Prättälä;V Helasoja;A Uutela

  • The effect of loneliness and change in loneliness on self-rated health (SRH): a longitudinal study among aging people.

    Olli Nummela;Marjaana Seppänen;Antti Uutela;Antti Uutela

Frequent Co-Authors

Ari Haukkala
Ari Haukkala University of Helsinki
Ossi Rahkonen
Ossi Rahkonen University of Helsinki
Ritva Prättälä
Ritva Prättälä National Institutes of Health
Arja R. Aro
Arja R. Aro University of Southern Denmark
Tuija Martelin
Tuija Martelin Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Tellervo Korhonen
Tellervo Korhonen University of Helsinki
Mikko Laaksonen
Mikko Laaksonen University of Helsinki
Hely Tuorila
Hely Tuorila University of Helsinki
Anna-Elina Lehesjoki
Anna-Elina Lehesjoki University of Helsinki
Albert de la Chapelle
Albert de la Chapelle The Ohio State University

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