
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 01.01.2017 -
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Metabolic profiles reflect weight loss maintenance and the composition of diet after very-low-energy diet
Näätänen, Mari; Kårlund, Anna; Mikkonen, Santtu; Klåvus, Anton; Savolainen, Otto; Lehtonen, Marko; Karhunen, Leila; Hanhineva, Kati; Kolehmainen, Marjukka. 2023. Clinical nutrition. 42: 1126-1141 -
Product-group-specific nutrient index as a nutritional functional unit for the Life Cycle Assessment of protein-rich foods
Kyttä, Venla; Kårlund, Anna; Pellinen, Tiina; Pietiläinen, Oona; Tuomisto, Hanna L.; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Pajari, Anne Maria; Saarinen, Merja. 2023. International journal of life cycle assessment. [Epub ahead of print 4 Sep 2023]: 1-17 -
Structure, texture and protein digestibility of high moisture extruded meat alternatives enriched with cereal brans
Rekola, Silja Maria; Kårlund, Anna; Mikkonen, Santtu; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Pomponio, Luigi; Sozer, Nesli. 2023. Applied food research. 3: . 100262 -
Analysis of the SYSDIET Healthy Nordic Diet randomized trial based on metabolic profiling reveal beneficial effects on glucose metabolism and blood lipids
Gürdeniz, Gözde; Uusitupa, Matti; Hermansen, Kjeld; Savolainen, Markku J.; Schwab, Ursula; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Brader, Lea; Cloetens, Lieselotte; Herzig, Karl-Heinz; Hukkanen, Janne; Rosqvist, Fredrik; Ulven, Stine Marie; Gunnarsdóttir, Ingibjörg; Thorsdottir, Inga; Oresic, Matej; Poutanen, Kaisa S.; Risérus, Ulf; Åkesson, Björn; Dragsted, Lars Ove. 2022. Clinical nutrition. 41: 441-451 -
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, TA; Pihlajamäki, J; Karhunen, L. 2022. International journal of obesity. 46: 935-942 -
Hapattamalla saadaan monipuolista ja terveellistä ruokaa
Gómez-Gallego, Carlos; Väkeväinen, Kati; Kolehmainen, Marjukka. 2022. Kehittyvä Elintarvike. 33: 40-41 -
LongITools: Dynamic longitudinal exposome trajectories in cardiovascular and metabolic noncommunicable diseases
Ronkainen, Justiina; Nedelec, Rozenn; Atehortua, Angelica; Balkhiyarova, Zhanna; Cascarano, Anna; Ngoc Dang, Vien; Elhakeem, Ahmed; van Enckevort, Esther; Goncalves Soares, Ana; Haakma, Sido; Halonen, Miia; Heil, Katharina F.; Heiskala, Anni; Hyde, Eleanor; Jacquemin, Bénédicte; Keikkala, Elina; Kerckhoffs, Jules; Klåvus, Anton; Kopinska, Joanna A.; Lepeule, Johanna; Marazzi, Francesca; Motoc, Irina; Näätänen, Mari; Ribbenstedt, Anton; Rundblad, Amanda; Savolainen, Otto; Simonetti, Valentina; de. 2022. Environmental epidemiology. 6: -
Postprandial glycemic responses to a high-protein dairy snack and energy-enriched berry snacks in older adults
Törrönen, Riitta; Järvinen, Suvi; Kolehmainen, Marjukka. 2022. Clinical nutrition ESPEN. 51: 231-238 -
Real-world effectiveness of digital and group-based lifestyle interventions as compared with usual care to reduce type 2 diabetes risk – A stop diabetes pragmatic randomised trial
Lakka, Timo A.; Aittola, Kirsikka; Järvelä-Reijonen, Elina; Tilles-Tirkkonen, Tanja; Männikkö, Reija; Lintu, Niina; Karhunen, Leila; Kolehmainen, Marjukka; Harjumaa, Marja; Mattila, Elina; Järvenpää, Riia; Ermes, Miikka; Mikkonen, Santtu; Martikainen, Janne; Poutanen, Kaisa; Schwab, Ursula; Absetz, Pilvikki; Lindström, Jaana; Pihlajamäki, Jussi. 2022. The Lancet regional health – Europe. 2023; 24: -
Traditional and new sources of grain protein in the healthy and sustainable Nordic diet
Kårlund, A.; Kolehmainen, M.; Landberg, R.; Poutanen, K.. 2022. Journal of cereal science. 105: