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Andreas Nilsson

Position: Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Health Sciences

Email: andreas.nilsson@oru.se

Phone: +46 19 303553

Room: G2106

Research subject

Sport Science

About Andreas Nilsson

Research:
The research focuses on the lifestyle factors physical activity and dietary habits and their impacts on health outcomes from an epidemiological perspective. The research involves observational studies alongside interventions aiming to promote healthy dietary habits and increased physical activity in different population groups.

Teaching:Exercise physiology, physical activity epidemiology, research methods and biostatistics.

Active projects

Completed projects

Research groups

Disease prevention, physical activity and diet

Publications

Articles in journals | Articles, reviews/surveys | Conference papers | Manuscripts |

Articles in journals

Veen, J. , Edholm, P. , Rodriguez-Zamora, L. , Folkesson, M. , Kadi, F. & Nilsson, A. (2023). Adherence to the physical activity guideline beyond the recommended minimum weekly amount: impacts on indicators of physical function in older adults. Frontiers In Public Health, 11.
Papaioannou, K. , Kadi, F. & Nilsson, A. (2022). Benefits of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption on Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome Are Independent of Physical Activity Behaviors in Older Adults. Nutrients, 14 (2).
Papaioannou, K. G. , Kadi, F. & Nilsson, A. (2022). Consumption of Vegetables Is Associated with Systemic Inflammation in Older Adults. Nutrients, 14 (9).
Veen, J. , Montiel Rojas, D. , Kadi, F. & Nilsson, A. (2022). Effects of Reallocating Time Spent in Different Physical Activity Intensities on Sarcopenia Risk in Older Adults: An Isotemporal Substitution Analysis. Biology, 11 (1).
Papaioannou, K. G. , Nilsson, A. & Kadi, F. (2022). Healthy Diets Rich in Vegetables and Systemic Inflammation in Older Adults. Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 12 (1).
Bergens, O. , Nilsson, A. & Kadi, F. (2021). Associations between Circulating Inflammatory Biomarkers and Indicators of Muscle Health in Older Men and Women. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10 (22).
Veen, J. , Montiel Rojas, D. , Nilsson, A. & Kadi, F. (2021). Engagement in Muscle-Strengthening Activities Lowers Sarcopenia Risk in Older Adults Already Adhering to the Aerobic Physical Activity Guidelines. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (3).
Papaioannou, K. , Nilsson, A. , Nilsson, L. M. & Kadi, F. (2021). Healthy Eating Is Associated with Sarcopenia Risk in Physically Active Older Adults. Nutrients, 13 (8).
Edholm, P. , Veen, J. , Kadi, F. & Nilsson, A. (2021). Muscle mass and aerobic capacity in older women: Impact of regular exercise at middle age. Experimental Gerontology, 147.
Nilsson, A. , Cano, A. , Bergens, O. & Kadi, F. (2021). Randomized Controlled Trial for Promotion of Healthy Eating in Older Adults by Increasing Consumption of Plant-Based Foods: Effect on Inflammatory Biomarkers. Nutrients, 13 (11).
Bergens, O. , Nilsson, A. , Papaioannou, K. & Kadi, F. (2021). Sedentary Patterns and Systemic Inflammation: Sex-Specific Links in Older Adults. Frontiers in Physiology, 12.
Montiel Rojas, D. , Santoro, A. , Nilsson, A. , Franceschi, C. , Capri, M. , Bazzocchi, A. , Battista, G. , de Groot, L. C. P. G. M. & et al. (2020). Beneficial Role of Replacing Dietary Saturated Fatty Acids with Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Prevention of Sarcopenia: Findings from the NU-AGE Cohort. Nutrients, 12 (10).
Montiel Rojas, D. , Nilsson, A. , Santoro, A. , Franceschi, C. , Bazzocchi, A. , Battista, G. , de Groot, L. C. P. G. M. , Feskens, E. J. M. & et al. (2020). Dietary Fibre May Mitigate Sarcopenia Risk: Findings from the NU-AGE Cohort of Older European Adults. Nutrients, 12 (4).
Montiel Rojas, D. , Nilsson, A. , Santoro, A. , Bazzocchi, A. , de Groot, L. C. P. G. M. , Feskens, E. J. M. , Berendsen, A. A. M. , Madej, D. & et al. (2020). Fighting Sarcopenia in Ageing European Adults: The Importance of the Amount and Source of Dietary Proteins. Nutrients, 12 (12).
Bergens, O. , Veen, J. , Montiel Rojas, D. , Edholm, P. , Kadi, F. & Nilsson, A. (2020). Impact of healthy diet and physical activity on metabolic health in men and women: Study Protocol Clinical Trial (SPIRIT Compliant). Medicine, 99 (16).
Nilsson, A. , Halvardsson, P. & Kadi, F. (2019). Adherence to DASH-Style Dietary Pattern Impacts on Adiponectin and Clustered Metabolic Risk in Older Women. Nutrients, 11 (4).
Bergens, O. , Nilsson, A. & Kadi, F. (2019). Cardiorespiratory Fitness Does Not Offset Adiposity-Related Systemic Inflammation in Physically Active Older Women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 104 (9), 4119-4126.
Nilsson, A. , Santoro, A. , Franceschi, C. & Kadi, F. (2019). Detrimental links between physical inactivity, metabolic risk and N-glycomic biomarkers of aging. Experimental Gerontology, 124.
Edholm, P. & Nilsson, A. (2019). Fysisk funktion hos äldre – nuvarande och tidigare aktivitet har betydelse. Läkartidningen, 14.
Edholm, P. , Nilsson, A. & Kadi, F. (2019). Physical function in older adults: Impacts of past and present physical activity behaviors. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 29 (3), 415-421.
Nilsson, A. & Kadi, F. (2018). Fysisk aktivitet gav positiva effekter på graden av åldersinflammation. Läkartidningen, 115 (16), 720-720.
Nilsson, A. , Montiel Rojas, D. & Kadi, F. (2018). Impact of Meeting Different Guidelines for Protein Intake on Muscle Mass and Physical Function in Physically Active Older Women. Nutrients, 10 (9).
Kadi, F. & Nilsson, A. (2018). Motion mot inflammation: fysisk aktivitet viktigt för äldres hälsa. Idrottsforskning.
Nilsson, A. , Bergens, O. & Kadi, F. (2018). Physical Activity Alters Inflammation in Older Adults by Different Intensity Levels. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 50 (7), 1502-1507.
Montiel Rojas, D. , Nilsson, A. , Ponsot, E. , Brummer, R. J. , Fairweather-Tait, S. , Jennings, A. , de Groot, L. C. P. G. M. , Berendsen, A. & et al. (2018). Short Telomere Length Is Related to Limitations in Physical Function in Elderly European Adults. Frontiers in Physiology, 9.
Nilsson, A. , Wåhlin-Larsson, B. & Kadi, F. (2017). Physical activity and not sedentary time per se influences on clustered metabolic risk in elderly community-dwelling women. PLOS ONE, 12 (4).
Hosford-Donovan, A. , Nilsson, A. , Wåhlin-Larsson, B. & Kadi, F. (2016). Observational and mechanistic links between C-reactive protein and blood pressure in elderly women. Maturitas, 89, 52-57.
Strandberg, E. , Edholm, P. , Ponsot, E. , Wåhlin-Larsson, B. , Hellmén, E. , Nilsson, A. , Engfeldt, P. , Cederholm, T. & et al. (2015). Influence of combined resistance training and healthy diet on muscle mass in healthy elderly women: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of applied physiology, 119 (8), 918-925.
Nilsson, A. , Anderssen, S. A. , Andersen, L. B. , Froberg, K. , Riddoch, C. , Sardinha, L. B. & Ekelund, U. (2009). Between- and within-day variability in physical activity and inactivity in 9- and 15-year-old European children. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 19 (1), 10-18.
Nilsson, A. , Andersen, L. B. , Ommundsen, Y. , Froberg, K. , Sardinha, L. B. , Piehl-Aulin, K. & Ekelund, U. (2009). Correlates of objectively assessed physical activity and sedentary time in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study). BMC Public Health, 9.
Nilsson, A. , Brage, S. , Riddoch, C. , Anderssen, S. A. , Sardinha, L. B. , Wedderkopp, N. , Andersen, L. B. & Ekelund, U. (2008). Comparison of equations for predicting energy expenditure from accelerometer counts in children. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 18 (5), 643-650.
Yngve, A. , Nilsson, A. , Sjoström, M. & Ekelund, U. (2003). Effect of monitor placement and of activity setting on the MTI accelerometer output. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 35 (2), 320-326.
Poortvliet, E. , Yngve, A. , Ekelund, U. , Hurtig-Wennlöf, A. , Nilsson, A. , Hagströmer, M. & Sjöström, M. (2003). The European Youth Heart Survey (EYHS): an international study that addresses the multi-dimensional issues of CVD risk factors. Forum of nutrition, 56, 254-256.
Nilsson, A. , Ekelund, U. , Yngve, A. & Sjöström, M. (2002). Assessing physical activity among children with accelerometers using different time sampling intervals and placements. Pediatric Exercise Science, 14 (1), 87-96.
Ekelund, U. , Poortvliet, E. , Yngve, A. , Hurtig-Wennlöf, A. , Nilsson, A. & Sjöström, M. (2001). Heart rate as an indicator of the intensity of physical activity in human adolescents. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 85 (3-4), 244-249.
Ekelund, U. , Sjöström, M. , Yngve, A. , Poortvliet, E. , Nilsson, A. , Fröberg, K. , Wedderkopp, N. & Westerterp, K. (2001). Physical activity assessed by activity monitor and doubly labeled water in children. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 33 (2), 275-281.
Ekelund, U. , Poortvliet, E. , Nilsson, A. , Yngve, A. , Holmberg, A. & Sjöström, M. (2001). Physical activity in relation to aerobic fitness and body fat in 14- to 15-year-old boys and girls. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 85 (3-4), 195-201.
Ekelund, U. , Sjöström, M. , Yngve, A. & Nilsson, A. (2000). Total daily energy expenditure and pattern of physical activity measured by minute-by-minute heart rate monitoring in 14-15 year old Swedish adolescents. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 54 (3), 195-202.

Articles, reviews/surveys

Bauset, C. , Martínez-Aspas, A. , Smith-Ballester, S. , García-Vigara, A. , Monllor-Tormos, A. , Kadi, F. , Nilsson, A. & Cano, A. (2022). Nuts and Metabolic Syndrome: Reducing the Burden of Metabolic Syndrome in Menopause. Nutrients, 14 (8).

Conference papers

Nilsson, A. , Tarum, J. & Kadi, F. (2019). Detrimental Links Between Inflammation and Muscle Mass are Moderated by Physical Activity in Older Adults. In: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Sports-Medicine (ACSM), Orlando, FL, USA, May 28 - June 1, 2019. (pp. 215-215). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Kadi, F. , Nilsson, A. , Santoro, A. & Franceschi, C. (2019). Impact Of Physical Activity On N-glycan Profile In Older Adults. In: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Sports-Medicine (ACSM), Orlando, FL, USA, May 28 - June 1, 2019. (pp. 542-542). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Kadi, F. , Nilsson, A. , Wåhlin-Larsson, B. & Bergens, O. (2017). Chronic Systemic Inflammation, Physical Activity and Skeletal Muscle in Elderly. In: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Sports-Medicine (ACSM 2017), Denver, CO, USA, May 30 - June 3, 2017. (pp. 234-234). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Nilsson, A. , Wåhlin-Larsson, B. & Kadi, F. (2017). Physical Activity and not Sedentary Time Influence on Metabolic Risk in Older Community-dwelling Women. In: Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American-College-of-Sports-Medicine (ACSM 2017), Denver, CO, USA, May 30 - June 3, 2017. (pp. 789-789). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Manuscripts

Veen, J. , Edholm, P. , Rodriguez-Zamora, L. , Folkesson, M. , Nilsson, A. & Kadi, F. Adherence to the MVPA guideline beyond the recommended minimum weekly amount : impacts on indicators of physical function in older adults.