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Overview

Finn Rasmussen is affiliated with Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark and is active in the field of Medicine, with a primary focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health as well as Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Their research covers multiple interrelated topics including Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, and Infant Development and Preterm Care. They have contributed extensively to studies around birth, development, health, and health policy implementation science.

Rasmussen has published in various scientific venues, frequently contributing to journals and platforms such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, BMJ Open, UNC Libraries, and Radiology. Some of their notable recent papers include the following:

  • "Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Autonomous Chest Radiograph Reporting Using AI: Estimation of Clinical Impact," 2023, Radiology
  • "Changing genetic architecture of body mass index from infancy to early adulthood: an individual based pooled analysis of 25 twin cohorts," 2022, International Journal of Obesity
  • "Transforming Obesity Prevention for CHILDren (TOPCHILD) Collaboration: protocol for a systematic review with individual participant data meta-analysis of behavioural interventions for the prevention of early childhood obesity," 2022, BMJ Open
  • "Unpacking the behavioural components and delivery features of early childhood obesity prevention interventions in the TOPCHILD Collaboration: a systematic review and intervention coding protocol," 2022, BMJ Open

The scientist works collaboratively with several frequent co-authors, including Ata Ghaderi, Per Tynelius, Kylie E Hunter, Brittany J. Johnson, and Lisa Askie. These collaborations have contributed to the breadth of publications and research advances within their fields.

Finn Rasmussen's expertise spans several subfields of Medicine with documented involvement in:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Major research topics covered by Rasmussen include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research

Best Publications

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment.

    Goodarz Danaei;Yuan Lu;Gitanjali M. Singh;Emily Carnahan

  • Muscular strength in male adolescents and premature death: cohort study of one million participants

    Francisco B Ortega;Karri Silventoinen;Per Tynelius;Finn Rasmussen

  • Randomised controlled trial of two-component, three-component, and five-component acellular pertussis vaccines compared with whole-cell pertussis vaccine

    Patrick Olin;Finn Rasmussen;L Gustafsson;Hans O Hallander

  • Paternal age and schizophrenia: a population based cohort study

    Attila Sipos;Finn Rasmussen;Glynn Harrison;Per Tynelius

  • Genetic and environmental influences on eating behavior: the Swedish Young Male Twins Study.

    Sanna Tholin;Finn Rasmussen;Per Tynelius;Jan Karlsson

  • Risk factors for airway remodeling in asthma manifested by a low postbronchodilator FEV1/vital capacity ratio: a longitudinal population study from childhood to adulthood.

    Finn Rasmussen;D. Robin Taylor;Erin M. Flannery;Jan O. Cowan

  • Genetic and environmental contributions to weight, height, and BMI from birth to 19 years of age: an international study of over 12,000 twin pairs.

    Lise Dubois;Kirsten Ohm Kyvik;Kirsten Ohm Kyvik;Manon Girard;Fabiola Tatone-Tokuda

  • Association of blood pressure in late adolescence with subsequent mortality: cohort study of Swedish male conscripts

    Johan Sundström;Martin Neovius;Per Tynelius;Finn Rasmussen

  • Association of body size and muscle strength with incidence of coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular diseases: a population-based cohort study of one million Swedish men

    Karri Silventoinen;Patrik K E Magnusson;Per Tynelius;G David Batty;G David Batty

  • Nationwide cohort study of post-gastric bypass hypoglycaemia including 5,040 patients undergoing surgery for obesity in 1986–2006 in Sweden

    R. Marsk;E. Jonas;F. Rasmussen;E. Näslund

  • Heritability of body size and muscle strength in young adulthood: a study of one million Swedish men.

    Karri Silventoinen;Patrik K. E. Magnusson;Per Tynelius;Jaakko Kaprio

  • Infections in the CNS during childhood and the risk of subsequent psychotic illness: a cohort study of more than one million Swedish subjects.

    Christina Dalman;Peter Allebeck;David Gunnell;Glyn Harrison

  • Childhood Socioeconomic Position and Objectively Measured Physical Capability Levels in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Kate Birnie;Rachel Cooper;Richard M. Martin;Diana Kuh

  • Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study

    Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon-Mi Hur

  • Trends in overweight and obesity among 18-year-old males in Sweden between 1971 and 1995.

    F Rasmussen;M Johansson;HO Hansen

  • Trends in asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema among Swedish conscripts from farming and non‐farming environments. A nationwide study over three decades

    L. Bråbäck;A. Hjern;A. Hjern;F. Rasmussen

  • The relation of weight, length and ponderal index at birth to body mass index and overweight among 18-year-old males in Sweden

    Finn Rasmussen;Malin Johansson

Frequent Co-Authors

Karri Silventoinen
Karri Silventoinen University of Helsinki
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Catherine Derom
Catherine Derom Ghent University
Patrik K. E. Magnusson
Patrik K. E. Magnusson Karolinska Institute
Anders Hjern
Anders Hjern Karolinska Institute
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
David Gunnell
David Gunnell University of Bristol
Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Catherine Tuvblad
Catherine Tuvblad Örebro University

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