
Arja Lyytinen
Senior University Lecturer
Assistant professor
Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
[email protected] | +358 40 355 2918
The subject of my teaching is public health nutrition. Mostly I teach in the Master’s degree programme of public health (MPH) and I am responsible on the public health nutrition track. Further, I teach in the nutrition and health promotion programmes. I have been also working in international projects to develop public health teaching.
My research interest is how diet is associated with risk of chronic diseases. I have conducted studies exploring effects of dietary fat and fish on lipid and glucose metabolism as well as the role of diet in musculoskeletal diseases.
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Long-term consumption of liquid dairy products predicts lower fracture risk in aging women: a 25-year follow-up
Alaghehband, Fatemeh Ramezan; Lyytinen, Arja T.; Isanejad, Masoud; Kopra, Juho; Kröger, Heikki; Rikkonen, Toni, 2025, European journal of nutrition, 64, 5, 213. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Fatty fish consumption reduces lipophilic index in erythrocyte membranes and serum phospholipids
Lyytinen, Arja T; Yesmean, Monira; Manninen, Suvi; Lankinen, Maria; Bhalke, Monika; Fredrikson, Linda; Käkelä, Reijo T; Öörni, Katariina; Schwab, Ursula S, 2023, Nutrition metabolism and cardiovascular diseases, 33, 7, 1453-1460. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Frailty alone and interactively with obesity predicts heart failure: Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study
Tajik, Behnam; Voutilainen, Ari; Sankaranarayanan, Rajiv; Lyytinen, Arja; Kauhanen, Jussi; Lip, Gregory YH; Tuomainen, Tomi‐Pekka; Isanejad, Masoud, 2023, ESC heart failure, 10, 4, 2354-2361. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Frailty predicts incident atrial fibrillation in women but not in men: The Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study
Tajik, Behnam; Voutilainen, Ari; Lyytinen, Arja; Kauhanen, Jussi; Lip, Gregory Y. H.; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Isanejad, Masoud, 2023, Cardiology, 148, 6, 574-580. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Rasvainen kala parantaa lipidiaineenvaihduntaa
Lyytinen, Arja; Lankinen, Maria; Manninen, Suvi; Schwab, Ursula, 2023, Kehittyvä elintarvike, 34, 5, 28-29. D1 Article in a trade journal -
Vitamin K – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023
Lyytinen, Arja; Linneberg, Allan, 2023, Food and nutrition research, 67, 10260. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review -
Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid and alpha-linolenic acid are associated with physical capacity measure but not muscle mass in older women 65-72 years
Isanejad, Masoud; Tajik, Behnam; McArdle, Anne; Tuppurainen, Marjo; Sirola, Joonas; Kröger, Heikki; Rikkonen, Toni; Erkkilä, Arja, 2021, European journal of nutrition, Published online: 16 December 2021, 1 - 9. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Lipidomic changes of LDL after consumption of Camelina sativa oil, fatty fish and lean fish in subjects with impaired glucose metabolism - A randomized controlled trial
Erkkilä, Arja T; Manninen, Suvi; Fredrikson, Linda; Bhalke, Monika; Holopainen, Minna; Ruuth, Maija; Lankinen, Maria; Käkelä, Reijo; Öörni, Katariina; Schwab, Ursula S, 2021, Journal of clinical lipidology, 15, 5, 743-751. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Association of Baltic Sea and Mediterranean diets with frailty phenotype in older women, Kuopio OSTPRE-FPS study
Alaghehband, Fatemeh Ramezan; Erkkilä, Arja T; Rikkonen, Toni; Sirola, Joonas; Kröger, Heikki; Isanejad, Masoud, 2020, European journal of nutrition, 2021; 60, 821-831. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Associations of dietary carbohydrate and fatty acid intakes with cognition among children
Naveed, Sehrish; Venäläinen, Taisa; Eloranta, Aino-Maija; Erkkilä, Arja; Jalkanen, Henna; Lindi, Virpi; Lakka, Timo; Haapala, Eero, 2020, Public health nutrition, 23, 9, 1657-1663. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research