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Research interests
My research interest is in promoting peoples’ well-being by healthy eating. Health-beneficial changes in eating behaviour are targeted both via reflective and automatic cognitive processes to make healthy choices attractive and easy to excecute. We use for example self-monitoring of behaviours, nudging and virtual reality technolgies to promote healthy eating.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Life sciences, Doctorate, DSc., University of Eastern Finland
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Food SystemiCity
Lampinen, M. (Manager), Vanhatalo, S. (Participant) & Pöri, P. (Participant)
innocities, Co-funded by the European Union
1/03/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Other
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StopDia: STOP DIABETES - Knowledge-based solutions
Poutanen, K. (Manager), Vanhatalo, S. (Participant), Harjumaa, M. (Participant), Leväsluoto, J. (Participant), Mattila, E. M. (Participant) & Sigfrids, A. (Participant)
1/06/16 → 31/08/19
Project: Research Council of Finland
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Development and Consumer Perceptions of a Snack Machine Producing Customized or Personalized On-Demand Bakery Products
Lappi, J., Arvola, A., Calton, A., Umer, A., Vanhatalo, S., Kilpeläinen, P., Pennanen, K. & Sozer, N., Dec 2025, In: Food and Humanity. 5, 100802.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Effectiveness of workplace choice architecture modification for healthy eating and daily physical activity
Rantala, E., Vanhatalo, S., Valtanen, M., Lindström, J., Pihlajamäki, J., Poutanen, K., Absetz, P. & Karhunen, L., Dec 2024, In: BMC Public Health. 24, 1, 939.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Meat- and plant-based products induced similar satiation which was not affected by multimodal augmentation
Vanhatalo, S., Lappi, J., Rantala, J., Farooq, A., Sand, A., Raisamo, R. & Sözer, N., 1 Mar 2024, In: Appetite. 194, 107171.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Oats as a source of nutritious alternative protein
Holopainen-Mantila, U., Vanhatalo, S., Lehtinen, P. & Sözer, N., 1 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Cereal Science. 116, 103862.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Acceptability of workplace choice architecture modification for healthy behaviours
Rantala, E., Vanhatalo, S., Perez-Cueto, F. J. A., Pihlajamäki, J., Poutanen, K., Karhunen, L. & Absetz, P., 7 Dec 2023, In: BMC Public Health. 23, 1, 22 p., 2451.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus)