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Antti Uutela was born in Tammela, Finland, on March 27, 1946. He is Doctor of Social Sciences (social psychology) and works as research professor and department director at the National Public Health Institute THL Department of Lifestyle and Participation, and also as professor of public health at the University of Tampere, Finland. Before the current positions, he worked as researcher at the Academy of Finland, as lecturer and assistant professor at University of Helsinki, and chief of laboratory at the National Public Health Institute KTL, respectively.

Uutela was educated as a cognitive social psychologist with a special interest in the link of attitudes and behavior. The latter and interest in practical applications of social psychology led him to start working with health-related applications in 1975, first at the Department of Social Psychology, and from 1980 at the Department of Public Health of the Helsinki University. In 1986,...