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Eva Roos is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine. Their work primarily spans several subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Education, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their research focuses on various main topics, notably Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, along with Nutritional Studies and Diet. Additional areas of interest include Sleep and related disorders, Early Childhood Education and Development, Children's Physical and Motor Development, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, and Child Development and Digital Technology.

Significant recent publications by Eva Roos include:

  • Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by nation, age, education, and urbanicity, 2022, Nature Food
  • Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Cross-sectional examination of 24-hour movement behaviours among 3- and 4-year-old children in urban and rural settings in low-income, middle-income and high-income countries: the SUNRISE study protocol, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries, 2025, Nature Medicine

Throughout their career, Eva Roos has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Maijaliisa Erkkola
  • Carola Ray
  • Reetta Lehto
  • Henna Vepsäläinen
  • Anna M. Abdollahi

Eva Roos has published numerous articles in prominent venues such as:

  • Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti
  • Nature Food
  • Nature Medicine
  • Journal of Activity Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors
  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society

Their scholarly contributions predominantly relate to public health concerns, nutritional epidemiology, physical activity, and child development as reflected by the distribution of their publications across these topics and venues.

Best Publications

  • Gender, socioeconomic status and family status as determinants of food behaviour

    Eva Roos;Eero Lahelma;Mikko Virtanen;Ritva Prättälä

  • Health behaviours as explanations for educational level differences in cardiovascular and all-cause mortality: a follow-up of 60 000 men and women over 23 years.

    Mikko Laaksonen;Kirsi Talala;Tuija Martelin;Ossi Rahkonen

  • Multiple socio-economic circumstances and healthy food habits

    T Lallukka;M Laaksonen;O Rahkonen;E Roos

  • Multiple roles and health among British and Finnish women: the influence of socioeconomic circumstances.

    Eero Lahelma;Sara Arber;Katariina Kivelä;Eva Roos

  • Modern and healthy : Socioeconomic differences in the quality of diet

    Roos E;Prättälä R;Lahelma E;Kleemola P

  • Associations of job strain and working overtime with adverse health behaviors and obesity: evidence from the Whitehall II Study, Helsinki Health Study, and the Japanese Civil Servants Study.

    Tea Lallukka;Eero Lahelma;Ossi Rahkonen;Eva Roos

  • Increasing prevalence of underreporting does not necessarily distort dietary surveys.

    T Hirvonen;S Männistö;E Roos;P Pietinen

  • Do computer use, TV viewing, and the presence of the media in the bedroom predict school-aged children’s sleep habits in a longitudinal study?

    Teija Nuutinen;Carola Ray;Eva Roos

  • Working conditions and health behaviours among employed women and men: the Helsinki Health Study

    Tea Lallukka;Sirpa Sarlio-Lähteenkorva;Eva Roos;Mikko Laaksonen

  • Associations between sleeping habits and food consumption patterns among 10-11-year-old children in Finland.

    Lisa Westerlund;Carola Ray;Eva Roos

  • Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries

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  • School and workplace meals promote healthy food habits

    Susanna Raulio;Eva Roos;Ritva Prättälä

  • Occupational class inequalities across key domains of health: results from the Helsinki Health Study.

    Eero Lahelma;Pekka Martikainen;Ossi Rahkonen;Eva Roos

  • Fruit and vegetable consumption in a sample of 11-year-old children in ten European countries--the PRO GREENS cross-sectional survey.

    Christel Lynch;Asa Gudrun Kristjansdottir;Saskia J Te Velde;Nanna Lien

  • Having lunch at a staff canteen is associated with recommended food habits.

    Eva Roos;Sirpa Sarlio-Lähteenkorva;Tea Lallukka

  • Computer use, sleep duration and health symptoms: a cross-sectional study of 15-year olds in three countries

    Teija Nuutinen;Eva Roos;Carola Ray;Jari Villberg

  • Analysing changes of health inequalities in the Nordic welfare states.

    Eero Lahelma;Katariina Kivelä;Eva Roos;Terhi Tuominen

  • The mediating role of the home environment in relation to parental educational level and preschool children's screen time: a cross-sectional study.

    Suvi Määttä;Riikka Kaukonen;Henna Vepsäläinen;Elviira Lehto

  • Job control, job demands, or social class? The impact of working conditions on the relation between social class and health

    Ossi Rahkonen;Mikko Laaksonen;Pekka Martikainen;Eva Roos

  • Associations of work-family conflicts with food habits and physical activity.

    Eva Roos;Sirpa Sarlio-Lähteenkorva;Tea Lallukka;Eero Lahelma

  • Work-family conflicts and drinking behaviours among employed women and men

    Eva Roos;Eero Lahelma;Ossi Rahkonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Eero Lahelma
Eero Lahelma University of Helsinki
Ossi Rahkonen
Ossi Rahkonen University of Helsinki
Ritva Prättälä
Ritva Prättälä National Institutes of Health
Mikko Laaksonen
Mikko Laaksonen University of Helsinki
Pekka Martikainen
Pekka Martikainen University of Helsinki
Elisabete Weiderpass
Elisabete Weiderpass International Agency For Research On Cancer
Sakari Suominen
Sakari Suominen University of Turku
Ari Haukkala
Ari Haukkala University of Helsinki
Nanna Lien
Nanna Lien University of Oslo
Satu Männistö
Satu Männistö Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

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