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OBJECTIVE: To examine educational differences among people who consume foods containing fat in Finland and the Baltic countries. DESIGN: Data were collected from cross-sectional postal Finbalt Health Monitor surveys that were carried out in 1998, 2000 and 2002. SETTING: Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania. SUBJECTS: For each survey, nationally representative random samples of adults aged 20-64 ...<br/><br/>Janina Petkeviciene, Jurate Klumbiene, Ritva Prättälä, Laura Paalanen, Iveta Pudule, Anu Kasmel (2007) <i>Public Health Nutr</i> <i></i> <i></i> 10: 5 518-523<br/>

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BACKGROUND: Women's diets are healthier than men's. Finnish women eat more fruits and vegetables but less meat than men. Gender differences may be larger in the Baltic countries, which represent Eastern European transition societies than in Finland, a society characterized by the Scandinavian welfare ideology and a high degree of gender equality. METHODS: The data are based on questionnaires to ra...<br/><br/>Ritva Prättälä, Laura Paalanen, Daiga Grinberga, Ville Helasoja, Anu Kasmel, Janina Petkeviciene (2007) <i>Eur J Public Health</i> <i></i> <i></i> 17: 5 520-525<br/>

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BACKGROUND: Public health problems in the Baltic countries are typical of Eastern European transition economies. A common assumption is that the economic transition has been particularly difficult for previously disadvantaged groups, and comparative research on the health differences between sociodemographic groups in the Baltic countries is therefore needed. This study compared associations of he...<br/><br/>Ville Helasoja, Eero Lahelma, Ritva Prättälä, Anu Kasmel, Jurate Klumbiene, Iveta Pudule (2006) <i>Eur J Public Health</i> <i></i> <i></i> 16: 1 8-20<br/>

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AIMS: To investigate time trends in the smoking prevalence and the sociodemographic and psychosocial background of smoking in the Baltic countries in comparison with Finland during 1994-2002. METHODS: Differences in daily smoking according to age, education, urbanization, and psychological distress in the Baltic countries and Finland were studied using postal surveys in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and...<br/><br/>Ville V Helasoja, Eero Lahelma, Ritva S Prättälä, Kristiina M Patja, Jurate Klumbiene, Iveta Pudule, Anu Kasmel (2006) <i>Scand J Public Health</i> <i></i> <i></i> 34: 4 353-362<br/>

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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to analyse the pattern of sociodemographic variations in the prevalence of obesity in Estonia, Finland and Lithuania. In addition, the association between obesity and selected health behaviours was examined. METHODS: Cross-sectional surveys were conducted among representative national samples of adult populations in 1994, 1996 and 1998. The number of participa...<br/><br/>Jurate Klumbiene, Janina Petkeviciene, Ville Helasoja, Ritva Prättälä, Anu Kasmel (2004) <i>Eur J Public Health</i> <i></i> <i></i> 14: 4 390-394<br/>

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BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study is to examine the associations of the selected health behaviours (daily smoking, frequent strong alcohol use, consumption of fresh vegetables less than 3 days a week and leisure time physical activity less than two/three times a week) to the self-assessed health after adjustment to the age and education in Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania. METHODS: Da...<br/><br/>Anu Kasmel, Ville Helasoja, Andrus Lipand, Ritva Prättälä, Jurate Klumbiene, Iveta Pudule (2004) <i>Eur J Public Health</i> <i></i> <i></i> 14: 1 32-36<br/>

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BACKGROUND: The Finbalt Health Monitor project collects standardized information on health and health-related behavioural activity and related trends in Finland and those Baltic countries that have major public health problems with noncommunicable diseases related to lifestyle and behavioural factors. The aims of this study were to compare patterns of and trends in selected health behaviours and t...<br/><br/>Pekka Puska, Ville Helasoja, Ritva Prättälä, Anu Kasmel, Jurate Klumbiene (2003) <i>Eur J Public Health</i> <i></i> <i></i> 13: 1 11-17<br/>

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BACKGROUND: The Finbalt Health Monitor is a collaborative system for monitoring the health-related behaviour, practices and lifestyles in Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania. This system is based on nationally representative samples and self-administered mailed questionnaires. In comparing the results of national surveys, the awareness of the direction and socioeconomic patterning of the respon...<br/><br/>Ville Helasoja, Ritva Prättälä, Liudmila Dregval, Iveta Pudule, Anu Kasmel (2002) <i>Eur J Public Health</i> <i></i> <i></i> 12: 2 117-123<br/>

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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to identify population groups which are the most crucial as targets for anti-tobacco action. METHODS: A comparison was made of the prevalence and patterns of smoking and passive smoking in Estonia, Finland and Lithuania. RESULTS: Total exposure to smoking, both one's own and passive smoking, was more common in two Baltic countries than in Finland. In these Bal...<br/><br/>V Helasoja, R Prättälä, J Klumbiene, J Petkeviciene, A Kasmel, A Lipand, A Uutela, P Puska (2001) <i>Eur J Public Health</i> <i></i> <i></i> 11: 2 206-210<br/>

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OBJECTIVE: To present disparities in consumption of vegetables and fruits in Europe and to discuss how educational level, region and level of consumption influence the variation. DESIGN: A review of selected studies from 1985 to 1997. SETTING/SUBJECTS: 33 studies (13 dietary surveys, nine household budget surveys and 11 health behaviour surveys) representing 15 European countries were selected bas...<br/><br/>G Roos, L Johansson, A Kasmel, J Klumbiené, R Prättälä (2001) <i>Public Health Nutr</i> <i></i> <i></i> 4: 1 35-43<br/>