Saija Tarro
PhD
sapatar@utu.fi +358 29 450 5226 +358 50 345 5226 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2286-3379 |
Areas of expertise
nutrition; eating behavior; parental feeding practices; birth cohorts; epidemiology; project management; communications
nutrition; eating behavior; parental feeding practices; birth cohorts; epidemiology; project management; communications
Biography
Saija Tarro is a multidisciplinary researcher, coordinator and developer who has previously had a long career in a global company’s finance and IT department development projects. Since then, she has studied psychology, neuroscience and nutrition and started a new career as a researcher. She likes to combine different disciplines in her research. She is passionate about the role of nutrition in the wholistic wellbeing and wants to work for the future where every child has an equal opportunity for a healthy life.
Publications
- Early childhood diet quality and risk of overweight - associations with individual, family and neighbourhood factors (2023) Tarro Saija
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Asuinalueen sosioekonomisen huono-osaisuuden yhteys lapsiperheiden ruokavalion laatuun (2022)
- Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Diet quality in preschool children and associations with individual eating behavior and neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage. The STEPS Study (2022)
- Appetite
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dystonia-tutkimusta Suomessa ja maailmalla (2022)
- Hermolla – liikehäiriösairauksien erikoislehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Infant fecal microbiota composition and attention to emotional faces (2022)
- Emotion
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Neighborhood disadvantage, greenness and population density as predictors of breastfeeding practices: a population cohort study from Finland (2022)
- Journal of Nutrition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parental feeding practices and child eating behavior in different socioeconomic neighborhoods and their association with childhood weight. The STEPS study (2022)
- Health and Place
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parental Self-Efficacy and Child Diet Quality between Ages 2 and 5: The STEPS Study (2022)
- Nutrients
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - PET-tutkimuksen pitkä historia Turussa (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article)