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At the University of Eastern Finland, a new study has started among people who have given their consent to donate samples to the Biobank of Eastern Finland. The study will examine participants’ lifestyles and eating behaviour, as well as their associations with genetic characteristics and health, by using biobank data.\\r\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"The study is part of the North Savo SOTE AI Hub project and it will be carried out in cooperation with the Biobank of Eastern Finland. The aim of the project is, among other things, to develop the use of health data and the related technical solutions.\\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"value\":\"Study population\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"\\r\\n\\r\\nPeople who have given their consent to donate samples to the biobank have received an invitation to a digital lifestyle survey to be carried out as part of the Nutrition, Lifestyles, Health and Genes study. Nearly 3,000 persons who have given their biobank consent are invited to participate in the study. \\r\\n\\r\\n\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"value\":\"Outcomes \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"\\r\\n\\r\\n“In the study, we will combine lifestyle data collected on a digital survey questionnaire with biobank data on genetics, chronic diseases and their risk factors. By utilising data available from the Biobank of Eastern Finland, we can extensively analyse our study participants’ health data, and develop increasingly personalised solutions for health promotion. This kind of collection and use of digital lifestyle data could also be widely implemented in health care and in biobanks in the future,” says the study’s director, Professor of Medical Physiology \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"value\":\"Timo Lakka\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\" from the Institute of Biomedicine at the University of Eastern Finland.\\r\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"The scientifically validated Healthy Diet Index, which analyses the overall quality of the diet, is utilised in the collection of lifestyle data. At the moment, health care lacks a comprehensively used indicator for assessing diet quality and the realisation of nutrition recommendations.\\r\\n\\r\\n“We hope that the study will promote the introduction of the Healthy Diet Index in digital health care and biobank services. The study will also bring new insight into the link between eating behaviour and genetics. By making extensive use of health data, we can gradually move towards personally targeted lifestyle counselling, and thus better contribute to health and to the prevention of chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes,” says \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"value\":\"Kirsikka Aittola\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\", authorised nutritionist from the Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition at the University of Eastern Finland. \\r\\n\\r\\n“The Nutrition, Lifestyles, Health and Genes study also serves as a starting point for the collection of lifestyle data in the Biobank of Eastern Finland. The digital survey questionnaire and personalised lifestyle feedback developed in the project can also be used in other biobank projects in the future. Information security and privacy protection must be ensured in this study, as well as in other studies collecting health data,” says Professor of Personalised Medicine and Biobanking, Director of the SOTE AI Hub project, \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"value\":\"Arto Mannermaa \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"from the Biobank of Eastern Finland.\\r\\n\\r\\nIn 2021, the study will be funded from the North Savo SOTE AI Hub project, which has secured ERDF funding. 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