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Bryndís Eva Birgisdóttir - Professor

Bryndís Eva Birgisdóttir

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School of Health Sciences

Bryndís Eva Birgisdóttir

Professor

Professor

Location
Nýi Garður / Ng-307
Phone
Email
beb [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition

Published works

2024

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Food Consumption: Results from the Icelandic National Dietary Survey 2019–2021
Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Associations with Academic Performance, Food Consumption and Social Support among University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: FINESCOP Project in IcelandNutrients
Greenhouse gas emissions of environmentally sustainable dietsJournal of Cleaner Production
Well-being in healthy Icelandic women varies with extreme seasonality in ambient lightInternational Journal of Psychology

2023

The combined effect of pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain on the risk of pre-labour and intrapartum caesarean section—The ICE-MCH studyPLoS ONE
Prophylactic Effect of Bovine Colostrum on Intestinal Microbiota and Behavior in Wild-Type and Zonulin Transgenic MiceBiomedicines
Joðneysla tveggja ára barna og fullorðinna á Íslandi og mat á áhrifum þess að nota joðbætt salt við framleiðslu á brauðiLæknablaðið
Evaluating Prophylactic Effect of Bovine Colostrum on Intestinal Barrier Function in Zonulin Transgenic MiceInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences

2022

Neyslutíðni matvæla eða bætiefna og fylgni við styrk langra ómega-3 fitusýra í blóðvökva barnshafandi kvennaLæknablaðið
Neyslutíðni matvæla eða bætiefna og fylgni við styrk langra ómega-3 fitusýra í blóðvökva barnshafandi kvennaLæknablaðið
Growth Rate in Childhood and Adolescence and the Risk of Breast and Prostate CancerAmerican Journal of Epidemiology
Meals, Microbiota and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents (MMM-Study)PLoS ONE

2021

Vitamin D status and association with gestational diabetes mellitus in a pregnant cohort in IcelandFood and Nutrition Research
Comparison of bovine milk oligosaccharides in native North European cattle breedsInternational Dairy Journal
Higher Alkylresorcinol Concentrations, a Consequence of Whole-Grain Intake, are Inversely Associated with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in IcelandThe Journal of nutrition
Early pregnancy plasma fatty acid profiles of women later diagnosed with gestational diabetesBMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care
Naturally occurring glycosidases in milk from native cattle breedsMetabolites
Old question revisitedNutrients
Dietary patterns in adolescence and risk of colorectal cancerCancer Causes and Control
Dietary patterns in adolescence and risk of colorectal cancer: a population-based study.Cancer causes & control : CCC
Early pregnancy plasma fatty acid profiles of women later diagnosed with gestational diabetes.BMJ open diabetes research & care

2020

Zonulin‐dependent intestinal permeability in children diagnosed with mental disordersNutrients
Effect of two different nutritional supplements on postprandial glucose response and energy- and protein intake in hospitalised patients with COPDClinical Nutrition
Insufficient iodine status in pregnant women as a consequence of dietary changes.Food & nutrition research
Childhood overweight and obesity and the risk of depression across the lifespanBMC Pediatrics
Nutrition is key to global pandemic resilienceBMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health
Insufficient iodine status in pregnant women as a consequence of dietary changesFood and Nutrition Research

2019

Environmental Sustainability Perspectives of the Nordic DietNutrients
Dietary patterns and the risk of pregnancy-associated hypertension in the Danish National Birth CohortBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Infant Feeding, Vitamin D and IgE Sensitization to Food Allergens at 6 Years in a Longitudinal Icelandic Cohort.Nutrients
Can a Simple Dietary Screening in Early Pregnancy Identify Dietary Habits Associated with Gestational Diabetes?Nutrients
Environmental Sustainability Perspectives of the Nordic Diet.Nutrients
Infant Feeding, Vitamin D and IgE Sensitization to Food Allergens at 6 Years in a Longitudinal Icelandic CohortNutrients
Can a Simple Dietary Screening in Early Pregnancy Identify Dietary Habits Associated with Gestational Diabetes?Nutrients

2018

Towards an Individualized Nutrition TreatmentCurrent obesity reports
A Case of Complete Scotoma Following Intake of Conjugated Linoleic Acid SupplementHeadache
Dietary habits in adolescence and midlife and risk of breast cancer in older womenPLoS ONE
CorrectionPLoS ONE
Development of a dietary screening questionnaire to predict excessive weight gain in pregnancyMaternal and Child Nutrition

2017

Meal frequency patterns and glycemic properties of maternal diet in relation to preterm delivery: Results from a large prospective cohort study.PLoS ONE
Maternal Macronutrient Intake and Offspring Blood Pressure 20 Years LaterJournal of the American Heart Association
Erratum toBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Maternal intake of seafood and supplementary long chain n-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids and preterm deliveryBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Dietary guidelines in type 2 diabetesCurrent Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity
Meal frequency patterns and glycemic properties of maternal diet in relation to preterm delivery: Results from a large prospective cohort studyPLoS ONE
Maternal intake of seafood and supplementary long chain n-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids and preterm delivery.BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

2016

Diet and nutrient intake of pregnant women in the capital area in IcelandLæknablaðið
Vitamin d intake and status in 6-year-old icelandic children followed up from infancyNutrients
Seafood consumption and fasting leptin and ghrelin in overweight and obese
Maternal diet, gestational weight gain, and inflammatory markers during pregnancyObesity
Fæðuval og næring kvenna á meðgöngu með tilliti til líkamsþyngdarLæknablaðið
Association between healthy maternal dietary pattern and risk for gestational diabetes mellitusEuropean Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Fæðuval og næring kvenna á meðgöngu með tilliti til líkamsþyngdarLaeknabladid

2014

Maternal dietary patterns and preterm deliveryBMJ (Online)
Diet matters, particularly in pregnancy – Results from MoBa studies of maternal diet and pregnancy outcomesNorsk Epidemiologi
Faster increase in body mass index between ages 8 and 13 is associated with risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mortalityNutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
Possibilities and considerations when merging dietary data from the world's two largest pregnancy cohortsActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

2013

Consumption of lead-shot cervid meat and blood lead concentrations in a group of adult NorwegiansEnvironmental Research
Early peak height velocity and cardiovascular disease mortality among Icelandic womenAnnals of Medicine
Persistence of the effect of birth size on dysglycaemia and type 2 diabetes in old ageAge
Essential and toxic element concentrations in blood and urine and their associations with dietScience of the Total Environment
Dietary fiber and the glycemic index: a background paper for the Nordic Nutrition RecommendationsFood and Nutrition Research

2012

Fish liver and seagull eggs, vitamin D-rich foods with a shadowMolecular Nutrition and Food Research
Maternal seafood consumption and infant birth weight, length and head circumference in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort StudyBritish Journal of Nutrition
Does high sugar consumption exacerbate cardiometabolic risk factors and increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease?Food & nutrition research
Effect of Birth Year on Birth Weight and Obesity in AdulthoodPLoS ONE
Dietary mercury exposure in a population with a wide range of fish consumption - Self-capture of fish and regional differences are important determinants of mercury in bloodScience of the Total Environment

2011

Childhood growth and adult hypertension in a population of high birth weightHypertension

2009

Fish consumption among young overweight European adults and compliance to varying seafood content in four weight loss intervention dietsPublic Health Nutrition

2008

Holl næring fyrir menn og jörð
Birth weight and risk of type 2 diabetes a systematic reviewJAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
Validity of a food frequency questionnaire to assess intake of seafood in adults in three European countriesFood Control

2007

Infant feeding patterns and midlife erythrocyte sedimentation rateActa Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

2006

Fisk og lýsisneysla 11 ára barna í ReykjavíkRAUST - Tímarit um raunvísindi og stærðfræði
Lower consumption of cow milk protein A1 β-casein at 2 years of age, rather than consumption among 11-to 14-year-old adolescents, may explain the lower incidence of type 1 diabetes in Iceland than in ScandinaviaAnnals of Nutrition and Metabolism

2005

Consumption of fish and fish liver oil among 11-year-old school children in ReykjavikRAUST - Tímarit um raunvísindi og stærðfræði

2004

Association of fish and fish liver oil intake in pregnancy with infant size at birth among women of normal weight before pregnancy in a fishing communityAmerican Journal of Epidemiology
Mataræði 11 ára skólabarna í Reykjavík : hollusta drykkjaTímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga
Association between size at birth, truncal fat and obesity in adult life and its contribution to blood pressure and coronary heart disease; study in a high birth weight populationEuropean Journal of Clinical Nutrition

2003

Differences in cow's milk composition between Iceland and the other Nordic countries and possible connections to public healthScandinavian Journal of Nutrition/Naringsforskning

2002

Variation in consumption of cow milk proteins and lower incidence of Type 1 diabetes in Iceland vs the other 4 Nordic countriesDiabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Weight gain in women of normal weight before pregnancyObstetrics and Gynecology
Size at birth and coronary heart disease in a population of high birth weight.American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Size at birth and coronary artery disease in a population with high birth weightAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Relationship between size at birth and hypertension in a genetically homogenous population of high birth weightJournal of Hypertension
Influence of nutrition on prevention of diabetes mellitusScandinavian Journal of Nutrition/Naringsforskning
Size at birth and glucose intolerance in a relatively genetically homogeneous, high-birth weight populationAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition

2000

Different β-Casein fractions in icelandic versus Scandinavian cow's milk may influence diabetogenicity of cow's milk in infancy and explain low incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in IcelandPediatrics

1999

Weight gain in pregnancyContemporary Reviews in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

1998

Different weight gain in women of normal weight before pregnancyObstetrics and Gynecology

Keywords for Specialisation:

Diet and its relationship to health

Research methods for the assessment of diet and calculating consumption of various substances

Food systems and public health nutrition

Determinants of nutrition

Diet in the first 1000 days