Rikke Fredenslund Krølner

Rikke Fredenslund Krølner is a Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, specializing in health promotion and interventions. Her work focuses on school-based public health strategies for children and adolescents in Denmark, particularly obesity prevention and dietary behavior modification through multi-component interventions.

Her research spans public health, implementation science, and school-based interventions with emphasis on physical activity, fruit/vegetable intake, and adolescent well-being. She investigates organizational readiness for health interventions using mixed methods and systems approaches, addressing equity in Danish educational settings and food environments.

Recent publications reveal intensifying focus on systems thinking in childhood obesity prevention (Generation Healthy Kids Study), organizational barriers in school interventions, and innovative food retail/job center partnerships. Her 2024-2025 work shows increased attention to vocational student well-being and temporal structures in social services within the Danish context.

No scientific awards were mentioned in available sources.

Dr. Krølner serves as co-supervisor for the PhD project 'Skoletrivsel i folkeskolen' (Well-being in Primary School, 2023-2026) and contributes to major initiatives including Generation Healthy Kids and Healthier Choices in Supermarkets, collaborating with national stakeholders and international researchers on intervention design and implementation.

She is embedded in the Health promotion and interventions department at the National Institute of Public Health, actively participating in research teams for the Data Health Study (vocational schools) and Young & Active intervention (high schools), focusing on sustainable health promotion strategies in Danish educational institutions.