The administration of Kalininsky District of St Petersburg, the target and pilot area of the project Healthier People – Management of Change through Monitoring and Action, together with stakeholders from different sectors has been working on the strategic intervention plan, after the results of analysis of Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) were provided.

How to tackle the challenges of growing social inequalities in health by the local and regional development and actions? – was a core topic of the presentations, discussions and debates that took place on 22 – 23 October 2012 in Jurmala, Latvia during the Final Conference of HEPROGRESS project.

Autumn semester brought a new offer for the students of Turku University of Applied Sciences and Metropolia University of Copenhagen who were able to explore the issues of Urban Health during 6-week course, taught simultaneously in Finland and in Denmark, thanks to the use of new technologies and life streaming of the lectures.

According to a newly published study carried out by Finnish universities and institutions, Nordic walking produces many positive health effects in middle-aged men with increased risk for type 2 diabetes. A completely novel finding is that exercise decreases the serum concentration of chemerin which plays a role in the development of the metabolic syndrome.