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Anna Sigríður Ólafsdóttir - Professor
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School of Education
Anna Sigríður Ólafsdóttir
Íslenska
Professor
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Stakkahlíð - Enni
Phone
525 - 5327
Email
annaso [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Health Promotion, Sport and Leisure Studies
Website
http://bragdlaukathjalfun.hi.is
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7258-1727
Research portal – Anna Sigríður Ólafsdóttir
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2023 - 2024
NÆR606G - Clinical Nutrition and pathology I
ÍÞH036M - Health behaviour and food choice
HÍT201G - Nutrition and energy balance
HÍT401G - Nutrition and health
HHE201M - Skills training for health promotion (practicum)
NÆR613M - Food and culture
HHE502M - Food skills and dietary choices
HÍT501M - Nutrition and training in youth
HÍT502M - Nutrition in performance sports
HÍT503M - Nutrition in performance sports
Published works
2023
Body Composition in Fussy-Eating Children, with and without Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Their Parents, Following a Taste Education Intervention
Nutrients
Changes in Anxiety following Taste Education Intervention: Fussy Eating Children with and without Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Nutrients
2022
Odds of fussy eating are greater among children with obesity and anxiety
Obesity Science & Practice
Changes in Eating Behaviors Following Taste Education Intervention: Focusing on Children with and without Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Their Families: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Nutrients
2021
Nordic network on dietary survey methodology 2019-2020
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Taste education – A food-based intervention in a school setting, focusing on children with and without neurodevelopmental disorders and their families. A randomized controlled trial
Appetite
Randomized Trial for Weight Loss Using a Digital Therapeutic Application
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
Measuring Resilience Across Participating Regions in the UPRIGHT EU Horizon 2020 Project: Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Resilience Scale for Adolescents
Frontiers in Psychology
Old Question Revisited: Are High-Protein Diets Safe in Pregnancy?
Nutrients
Relevance of well-being, resilience, and health-related quality of life to mental health profiles of European adolescents: results from a cross-sectional analysis of the school-based multinational UPRIGHT project.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Fussy Eating among Children and Their Parents: Associations in Parent-Child Dyads, in a Sample of Children with and without Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Nutrients
2020
Co-creation and regional adaptation of a resilience-based universal whole-school program in five European regions
European Educational Research Journal
Þegar orkuna skortir – áhrif hlutfallslegs orkuskorts í íþróttum (RED-s) á heilsu og árangur [Health and performance consequences of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-s)]
Læknablaðið
Development and validation of the theory-driven School Resilience Scale for Adults: Preliminary results
Children and Youth Services Review
2019
UPRIGHT, a resilience-based intervention to promote mental well-being in schools: study rationale and methodology for a European randomized controlled trial
BMC Public Health
2018
Incorporating Appetite Awareness Training Within Family-Based Behavioral Treatment of Pediatric Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
The UPRIGHT Project
Proceedings of the 12th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare
Composition of School Meals in Sweden, Finland, and Iceland: Official Guidelines and Comparison With Practice and Availability
Journal of School Health
Cross-sectional study of randomly selected 18-year-old students showed that body mass index was only associated with sleep duration in girls
Acta Paediatrica
2017
Offitumeðferð barna í Heilsuskóla Barnaspítalans: Breytingar á algengi ADHD, einhverfu, kvíða og þunglyndis [Obesity treatment for children in the Health School Paediatric Clinic: Changes in Prevalence of ADHD, Austism, Anxiety and Depression]
Sálfræðiritið; 2017;22:85-102
The effect of schooling on basic cognition in selected nordic countries
Europe’s Journal of Psychology
Helicobacter pylori infection in Icelandic children
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
Matarumhverfi við íþróttaiðkun barna: Rannsóknarverkefni [Food environment in youth sports].
Netla – Veftímarit um uppeldi og menntun
Health promotion and home economics belong together – progress towards extended curricula in teacher education
International Journal of Home Economics (IJHE)
Nordic children’s conceptualizations of healthy eating in relation to school lunch
Health Education
2016
Development and Validation of a Photographic Method to Use for Dietary Assessment in School Settings
PLOS ONE
Fæðuval unglinga og samspil við aðra heilsutengda hegðun. [Dietary choices in youth and the association with other health behaviors].
Ungt fólk: tekist á við tilveruna
Hamlandi viðhorf til eigin mataræðis - algengi og forspárþættir á Íslandi[Attitudes to food and eating in an Icelandic cohort]
Læknablaðið
School meal provision, health, and cognitive function in a Nordic setting – the ProMeal-study: description of methodology and the Nordic context
Food & Nutrition Research
The relation between physical activity, fitness, and fatness in adolescents: A mediation analysis
American Journal of Human Biology
Health Behavior and Metabolic Risk Factors Associated with Normal Weight Obesity in Adolescents
PLOS ONE
2015
Fatness but Not Fitness Relative to the Fat-Free Mass Is Related to C-Reactive Protein in 18 Year-Old Adolescents
PLOS ONE
Mikilvægi mittismáls við eftirlit barna með offitu. Alvarleg frávik í blóðgildum hjá íslenskum börnum með offitu [Importance of waist circumference measurements when following children with obesity: Serious abnormalities in blood values of Icelandic children with obesity].
Læknablaðið
2014
Fjölskyldumiðuð atferlismeðferð fyrir of feit börn [Family-based behavioral treatment for obese children - results and two year follow up]
Læknablaðið
2013
Effects of exercise training and nutrition counseling on body composition and cardiometabolic factors in old individuals
European Geriatric Medicine
Áhrif 6 mánaða fjölþættrar þjálfunar á hreyfigetu, vöðvakraft, þol og líkamsþyngdarstuðul eldri einstaklinga - Eru áhrif þjálfunar sambærileg hjá konum og körlum? [The effects of 6 months' multimodal training on functional performance, strength, endurance, and body mass index of older individuals. Are the benefits of training similar among women and men?]
Læknablaðið
Weight loss before conception: A systematic literature review
Food & Nutrition Research
2012
Does milk and dairy consumption during pregnancy influence fetal growth and infant birthweight? A systematic literature review
Food & Nutrition Research
Lifestyle intervention at sea changes body composition, metabolic profile and fitness
Public Health
Holdafar, úthald, hreyfing og efnaskiptasnið meðal 18 ára íslenskra framhaldsskólanema [Body composition, aerobic fitness, physical activity and metabolic profile among 18 year old Icelandic high-school students]
Læknablaðið
Teasing and social rejection among obese children enrolling in family-based behavioural treatment: effects on psychological adjustment and academic competencies
International Journal of Obesity
Childhood obesity and co-morbid problems: effects of Epstein's family-based behavioural treatment in an Icelandic sample
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Effects of a 6-month multimodal training intervention on retention of functional fitness in older adults: A randomized-controlled cross-over design
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
2011
A randomized-controlled pilot study of Epstein’s family-based behavioural treatment for childhood obesity in a clinical setting in Iceland
Nordic Psychology
Áhrif mismunandi fræðslu á matarvenjur og matargerð eldri einstaklinga [The effect of different nutrition education strategies on older individual´s eating habits and food preparation].
Ráðstefnurit Netlu : Menntakvika 2011
The Role of Parental Motivation in Family-Based Treatment for Childhood Obesity
Obesity
2006
Combined effects of maternal smoking status and dietary intake related to weight gain and birth size parameters
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Maternal diet in early and late pregnancy in relation to weight gain
International Journal of Obesity
Comparison of Women’s Diet Assessed by FFQs and 24-Hour Recalls with and without Underreporters: Associations with Biomarkers
Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Diet and Breast Milk of Lactating Icelandic Women with Traditional Fish and Cod Liver Oil Consumption
Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
Relationship between high consumption of marine fatty acids in early pregnancy and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2005
Relationship between dietary intake of cod liver oil in early pregnancy and birthweight
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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