Research and monitoring
Finland
School Health Promotion Study
The School Health Promotion (SHP) study monitors the well-being, health and school work of Finnish children and adolescents.
Sotkanet indicator bank
The Sotkanet Indicator Bank is a National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) information service that offers key population welfare and health data.
TEAviisari
TEAviisari shows the direction of health promotion capacity building in municipalities.
Avohilmo
Mäki P, Lehtinen-Jacks S, Vuorela N, Levälahti E, Koskela T, Saari A, Mölläri K, Mahkonen R, Salo J, Laatikainen T. Data on prevalence of overweight among Finnish children available in an increasing number of municipalities through the Avohilmo Register. Suomen Lääkärilehti 2018;73:2336–2341. (Article in Finnish, abstract in English).
Mäki P, Lehtinen-Jacks S, Vuorela N, Levälahti E, Koskela T, Saari A, Mölläri K, Mahkonen R, Salo J, Laatikainen T. Register of Primary Health Care Visits (Avohilmo) as data source for monitoring the prevalence of overweight among Finnish children. Suomen Lääkärilehti 2017;72:209–215.(Article in Finnish, abstract in English).
The Nordic Monitoring System 2011–2014.Status and development of diet, physical activity, smoking, alcohol and overweight (pdf 15 MB)
Matthiessen J et al. 2016. Nordic Council of Ministers.
Fact Sheets:
Nordic region. The Nordic Monitoring System 2011-2014 (pdf 417 KB)
Denmark. The Nordic Monitoring System 2011-2014 (pdf 454 KB)
Finland. The Nordic Monitoring System 2011-2014 (pdf 453 KB)
Iceland. The Nordic Monitoring System 2011-2014 (pdf 438 KB)
Norway. The Nordic Monitoring System 2011-2014 (pdf 462 KB)
Sweden. The Nordic Monitoring System 2011-2014 (pdf 454 KB)
Danish children born to parents with lower levels of education are more
likely to become overweight (pdf 105 KB)
Matthiessen J et al. A. Acta Pædiatrica. 2014.
Trends in overweight and obesity in Danish children and adolescents: 2000-2008 - exploring changes according to parental education (pdf 490 KB)
Supplementary file (pdf 13 KB)
Matthiessen J et al. Scand J Public Health. 2014
Prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Denmark (pdf 376KB)
Matthiessen J et al. Scand J Public Health. 2008
The Nordic Monitoring of Diet, Physical Activity,Smoking, Alcohol and Overweight: 2011-2014 (pdf 2017)
Matthiessen J et al. EJNFS 2017