معرفی
Nanna Lien is a Professor in Nutritional Epidemiology at the University of Oslo's Faculty of Medicine, affiliated with the Division of Nutritional Epidemiology. She holds additional roles such as Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, and membership in the Norwegian National Nutrition Council. Her research focuses on dietary habits, obesity prevention interventions, and socio-economic disparities in health outcomes, particularly among children and adolescents.
Education: PhD in Public Health Nutrition (2002, University of Oslo), Cand. Agric. in Food Science (1996, Norwegian Agricultural University). Prior roles include Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (2009-2011) and postdoctoral fellow (2002-2007).
Research Interests:
- Factors influencing food habits across populations
- Policy development for healthy eating
- Socioeconomic disparities in diet-related health
- Longitudinal studies on childhood obesity trajectories
Publications: Over 150 peer-reviewed articles, with recent focus on youth participation in policy design (CO-CREATE project), systems modeling of obesity mechanisms, and neighborhood-level determinants of physical activity. Key themes include participatory interventions, policy evaluation frameworks, and interdisciplinary systems approaches.
Grants & Projects: Lead researcher in FRESKO (Cancer Prevention through Schools), KoloPrev (Colorectal Cancer Screening), and OBCT (Obesity Risk Trajectories). Active in EU-funded initiatives like CO-CREATE and DEDIPAC.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Leibniz Institute for Epidemiology (Germany) and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Leads the University of Oslo's Nutritional Epidemiology research group.
