
Marjukka Kolehmainen
Professor
Food and health
School of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition
marjukka.kolehmainen@uef.fi | +358 40 355 3617
My research concerns about the health effects of foods and their components that I have been studying in acute, short and long term clinical dietary interventions for more than 20 years. Regarding foods, main scientific interest has been in the impact of whole grain cereals and berries and more recently also in other plant based foods and their bioactive components from the molecular level to whole body physiology. The recent research focus has been in the effects mediated by the gut microbiota and related gut barrier function. Thus, we have been setting up in vitro model for studying gut microbiota activity and will continue developing it further with modular gut barrier interaction modelling. Gut related activities are of great interest since its strong interaction with high fibre and protein foods and contribution to the development of inflammation, but also its contribution to both physical and mental health and wellbeing. In addition, I am interested in gut-liver axis and gut barrier permeability in this context, if we can find diet related factors to support healthy gut barrier and to prevent liver disease.
Research groups
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Food Research 01.01.2012 -
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Microplastic research 01.01.2018 -
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Oat-Gut-Brain Study 01.09.2022 -
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Food Education and Eating Behaviour Research Group 08.11.2018 -
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Food Valley
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StopDia
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T2D-Data
Projects
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Associations between weight loss history and factors related to type 2 diabetes risk in the Stop Diabetes study
Halali, F.; Lapveteläinen, A.; Aittola, K.; Männikkö, R.; Tilles-Tirkkonen, T.; Järvelä-Reijonen, E.; Absetz, P.; Kolehmainen, M.; Schwab, U.; Lindström, J.; Lakka, T. A.; Pihlajamäki, J.; Karhunen, L.. International journal of obesity Published online: 12 January 2022: 1 - 8. 2022 -
Enhanced Eating Competence Is Associated with Improved Diet Quality and Cardiometabolic Profile in Finnish Adults with Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Aittola, Kirsikka; Karhunen, Leila; Männikkö, Reija; Järvelä-Reijonen, Elina; Mikkonen, Santtu; Absetz, Pilvikki; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Schwab, Ursula; Harjumaa, Marja; Lindström, Jaana; Lakka, Timo; Tilles-Tirkkonen, Tanja; Pihlajamäki, Jussi. Nutrients 13 11: 4030. 2021 -
Role of microbiota and related metabolites in gastrointestinal tract barrier function in NAFLD
Fernandez-Cantos, MV; Garcia-Morena, D; Iannone, V; El-Nezami, H; Kolehmainen, M; Kuipers, OP. Tissue barriers 9 3: 1879719. 2021 -
Comparison of Communication Channels for Large-Scale Type 2 Diabetes Risk Screening and Intervention Recruitment: Empirical Study
Jalkanen, Kari; Järvenpää, Riia; Tilles-Tirkkonen, Tanja; Martikainen, Janne; Aarnio, Emma; Männikkö, Reija; Rantala, Eeva; Karhunen, Leila; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Harjumaa, Marja; Poutanen, Kaisa; Ermes, Miikka; Absetz, Pilvikki; Schwab, Ursula; Lakka, Timo; Pihlajamäki, Jussi; Lindström, Jaana; The StopDia Study Group. JMIR diabetes 6 3: e21356. 2021 -
Sleep-time physiological recovery is associated with eating habits in distressed working-age Finns with overweight: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
Järvelä-Reijonen, Elina; Järvinen, Suvi; Karhunen, Leila; Föhr, Tiina; Myllymäki, Tero; Sairanen, Essi; Lindroos, Sanni; Peuhkuri, Katri; Hallikainen, Maarit; Pihlajamäki, Jussi; Puttonen, Sampsa; Korpela, Riitta; Ermes, Miikka; Lappalainen, Raimo; Kujala, Urho M; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Laitinen, Jaana. Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology 16 1: 23. 2021 -
Oxygen-18 and Carbon-13 isotopes in eCO 2 and erythrocytes carbonic anhydrase activity of Finnish prediabetic population
Kårlund, Anna; Kääriäinen, Teemu; Kostamo, Vili M; Kokkola, Tarja; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Lakka, Timo A; Pihlajamäki, Jussi; Manninen, Albert. Journal of breath research 15 2: 021001. 2021 -
Intestinal Exposure to Food-Derived Protease Inhibitors: Digestion Physiology- and Gut Health-Related Effects
Kårlund, Anna; Paukkonen, Isa; Gómez-Gallego, Carlos; Kolehmainen, Marjukka. Healthcare 9 8: 1002. 2021 -
Replacing Saturated Fat with Polyunsaturated Fat Modulates Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Gene Expression and Pathways Related to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Using a Whole Transcriptome Approach
Larsen, Sunniva, V; Holven, Kirsten B; Christensen, Jacob J; Flatberg, Arnar; Rundblad, Amanda; Leder, Lena; Blomhoff, Rune; Telle-Hansen, Vibeke; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Carlberg, Carsten; Myhrstad, Mari C; Thoresen, Magne; Ulven, Stine M. Molecular nutrition and food research 65 24: 2100633. 2021 -
Grains - a major source of sustainable protein for health
Poutanen, Kaisa S; Kårlund, Anna O; Gómez-Gallego, Carlos; Johansson, Daniel P; Scheers, Nathalie M; Marklinder, Ingela M; Eriksen, Anne K; Silventoinen, Pia C; Nordlund, Emilia; Sozer, Nesli; Hanhineva, Kati J; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Landberg, Rikard. Nutrition reviews [Epub ahead of print 6 Nov 2021]: 1 - 16. 2021 -
Choice Architecture Cueing to Healthier Dietary Choices and Physical Activity at the Workplace: Implementation and Feasibility Evaluation
Rantala, Eeva; Vanhatalo, Saara; Tilles-Tirkkonen, Tanja; Kanerva, Markus; Hansen, Pelle Guldborg; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Männikkö, Reija; Lindström, Jaana; Pihlajamäki, Jussi; Poutanen, Kaisa; Karhunen, Leila; Absetz, Pilvikki. Nutrients 13 10: 3592. 2021