Articles from the Centre

The NewTools project aims to facilitate transformation of the Norwegian food system by involving stakeholders representing all key parts of the food chain and providing tools for development and communication supporting the actual transdisciplinary workflow.

The vast majority of young people who have shared difficulties with friends on social media experience support afterwards. This is shown by a study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

A combined offer of individual follow-up and free nicotine replacement products can be of great help to cancer patients who wish to stop smoking. This is shown by a study from NIPH.

Findings from our national survey indicate that six percent of upper secondary schools provided a daily free meal, compared to  45% of lower secondary schools.

Secondary school students with negative experiences from social media have an increased risk of symptoms of anxiety and depression. This is shown by a study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

Being a parent of a child with disabilities can impact family life in several ways, both short and long term. In 2022, a group of researchers examined how income and employment were affected for this group. The findings revealed that mothers were significantly more affected negatively in terms of their career and income compared to fathers. Moreover, the severity of the child's condition correlated with a higher likelihood of mothers working fewer hours and earning less.

Children with an immigrant background have a greater incidence of overweight and obesity than those without.  Parental education level does not seem to affect the results, according to a study by researchers at the NIPH.

Nutri-Score can function in the Norwegian food market, according to a new study from NewTools, which has tested how these algorithms correspond to Norwegian dietary guidelines.

From 2007 to 2014, pupils in Norwegian lower secondary schools and combined primary and lower secondary schools were offered free school fruit because a healthy diet was believed to improve learning. However, when NIPH researchers studied academic performance, they could not confirm that students receiving free school fruit performed better in national exams.

The centre is dedicated to conducting assessments of public health measures, enhancing research on these measures within the institute, and formulating models for user participation.

The report evaluates a new version of a group-based guidance program for parents of teenagers, based on the International Child Development Programme (ICDP) and Tuning in to Teens (TinT).

This project follows the development of public open spaces for physical and social activities in local communities from idea to completion, and for up to two years after establishment in seven municipalities in Eastern Norway.

The aim of this survey was to estimate Norwegians' shopping of sweets/chocolate and of sugary and sugar-free soft drinks/mineral water, and energy drinks abroad on day trips or over the Internet.

On commission from the Ministry of Health and Care Services, and the Ministry of Education and Research, we have made a review of knowledge on schoolmeals.

This project will explore the associations between maternal iodine intake in pregnancy from food and supplements and markers of child brain development in The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.

The main objective of this study is to investigate whether the free fruit policy resulted in overall better academic performance on the 5th and 8th grade national tests in Maths, Reading and English.

We will study the relationship between in-person instruction and COVID-19 risk by comparing students who are offered in-person instruction with those who are offered online instruction.

The decline is in particular a result of increased childlessness, higher age at first birth, and a smaller proportion of two-child mothers having a third child.