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Birna Þórisdóttir - Assistant Professor

Birna Þórisdóttir

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Birna Þórisdóttir

Assistant Professor

Nutrition with emphasis on infant and child nutrition and healthy food environments

Location
Nýi Garður / Ng-317
Email
bith [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition

Published works

2022

Lower Intake of Saturated Fatty Acids Is Associated with Improved Lipid Profile in a 6-Year-Old Nationally Representative Population. Nutrients
Protein intake in children and growth and risk of overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Food & nutrition research

2020

Iodine status of breastfed infants and their mothers' breast milk iodine concentration.Maternal & child nutrition
Vitamin D status and current policies to achieve adequate vitamin D intake in the Nordic countries.Scandinavian journal of public health

2019

Infant Feeding, Vitamin D and IgE Sensitization to Food Allergens at 6 Years in a Longitudinal Icelandic Cohort.Nutrients

2016

Vitamin D Intake and Status in 6-Year-Old Icelandic Children Followed up from Infancy.Nutrients

2014

Vitamin D intake and status in 12-month-old infants at 63-66° N.Nutrients
Associations between infant feeding practice prior to six months and body mass index at six years of age.Nutrients
Animal protein intake at 12 months is associated with growth factors at the age of six.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)

2013

Nutrient intake in infancy and body mass index at six years in two population-based cohorts recruited before and after revision of infant dietary recommendations.Annals of nutrition & metabolism
[Diet of six-year-old Icelandic children - National dietary survey 2011-2012].Laeknabladid

Keywords for Specialisation:

Infant and child nutrition

Diet nutrition and health

Determinants of food choice and nutrition

Healthy food environment

Public health nutrition

Dietary surveys

Systematic literature review

Nutrition breastmilk and breastfeeding

Global nutrition