Eero Haapala

Eero Haapala

Senior Lecturer
Unit
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences
Room number
VIV 247
Email
eero.a.haapala@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358408054210
Postal address
Rautpohjankatu 8a
Fields of science
3141 Health care science

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer of Sports and Execise Medicine and a paediatric sports and exercise medicine researcher at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä. I also work for Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland.

Research interests

My research interests include topics related to health and well being in the paediatric age-group. My main interest is in the relationships between physical activity, dietary factors, fitness, fatness, sleep, metabolic syndrome, and brain health among children and adolescents.

Publications

Publication
2026

Liikunta

Käypä hoito. Käypä hoito. Suomalainen Lääkäriseura Duodecim.
Perhonen, Merja
Aittasalo, Minna
Haapala, Eero
Hautala, Arto
Heinonen, Olli
Iljukov, Sergei
Kolster, Annika
Kukkonen-Harjula, Katriina
Köhler, Klaus
Laaksonen, Kristina
Mjøsund, Katja
Pekkonen, Mika
Sipilä, Raija
Toivo, Kerttu
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Projects

Project

Hormonal Regulation of Cardiometabolic Health (HoCa)

The HoCa study investigates the health and well-being of women undergoing surgical menopause.
Project

Physical activity and exercise for young people with cerebral palsy: understanding mechanisms and providing evidence of efficacy (EXECP)

The EXECP study investigates the effects of exercise on physical functioning and the underlying neuromuscular mechanisms and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and young adults with CP.