Browsing Scientific publications in Public Health and Nutrition by Title
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The Effect of Different High-Intensity Periodization Models on Endurance Adaptations
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The effect of the UP4FUN pilot intervention on objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity in 10-12 year old children in Belgium: the ENERGY-project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Bakckground: The first aim was to examine the effect of the UP4FUN pilot intervention on children’s total sedentary time. The second aim was to investigate if the intervention had an effect on children’s physical ... -
The future of health/fitness/sports performance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Exercise related to health / physical fitness and sports performance has shown an evolutionary role over time. Large-scale primary factors are presented, which are likely to help us understand the future evolutionary path ... -
The meaning of actualization of self-care resources among a group of older home-dwelling people : a hermeneutic study
(Journal article, 2013)Self-care is an activity of mature persons who have developed their abilities to take care of themselves. Individuals can choose to actualize their self-care abilities into self-care activities to maintain, restore, or ... -
The Norwegian Healthy Life Study: protocol for a pragmatic RCT with longitudinal follow-up on physical activity and diet for adults
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The relationship between demographic- and disease-related variables and health-related quality of life in patients with axial spondyloarthritis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Axial spondyloarthritis (ax-SpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the spine causing pain, stiffness, loss in physical function, and fatigue. Therefore, the physical and psychological burden of having this ... -
The relationship between physical activity and physical self-esteem in adolescents: The role of physical fitness indices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The aim of this study was to investigate if physical fitness (strength/power, endurance, flexibility and coordination) mediates the cross-sectional relationship between physical activity and physical self-perception (athletic ... -
The road to gold: Training and peaking characteristics in the year prior to a gold medal endurance performance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Purpose: To describe training variations across the annual cycle in Olympic and World Champion endurance athletes, and determine whether these athletes used tapering strategies in line with recommendations in the literature. ... -
The role and development of sprinting speed in soccer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)The overall objective of this review was to investigate the role and development of sprinting speed in soccer. Time–motion analyses show that short sprints occur frequently during soccer games. Straight sprinting is the ... -
The role of family-related factors in the effects of the UP4FUN school-based family-focused intervention targeting screen time in 10- to 12-year-old children: the ENERGY project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Screen-related behaviours are highly prevalent in schoolchildren. Considering the adverse health effects and the relation of obesity and screen time in childhood, efforts to affect screen use in children are ... -
Thyroid function and urinary concentrations of iodine, selenium, and arsenic in vegans, lacto-ovo vegetarians and pescatarians
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Time trends (1995-2006) in dietary habits among adolescents in relation to The Norwegian School Fruit Scheme: The HUNT study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019) -
Timing of complementary feeding and associations with maternal and infant characteristics: A Norwegian cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Norwegian Health authorities recommend solid food to be introduced between child age 4–6 months, depending on both the mother´s and infant’s needs. The aim of this paper is to describe timing of complementary feeding in a ... -
Total energy expenditure is repeatable in adults but not associated with short-term changes in body composition
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Low total energy expenditure (TEE, MJ/d) has been a hypothesized risk factor for weight gain, but repeatability of TEE, a critical variable in longitudinal studies of energy balance, is understudied. We examine repeated ... -
Touch, threats, and transactions: Pandemic influences on consumer responses and the mediating role of touch likelihood when shopping for fruits and vegetables
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced consumer behavior in numerous ways. Most of the public health measures have centered around minimizing social contact and physical touch. In the present study, we investigate the impact ... -
Towards health-promoting and environmentally friendly regional diets - a Nordic example
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background: Because most of the top determinants of the worldwide burden of disease are diet-related, the promotion of healthful diets is important for population health across the world. Furthermore, changes in eating ... -
Tracking the impacts of climate change on human health via indicators: lessons from the Lancet Countdown
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background In the past decades, climate change has been impacting human lives and health via extreme weather and climate events and alterations in labour capacity, food security, and the prevalence and geographical ...