Ragnhild Hovengen
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Recent Articles
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Wills A, Strand B, Glavin K, Silverwood R, Hovengen R
BMC Med Res Methodol
. 2016 Apr;
16:41.
PMID: 27059178
Background: Regression models are widely used to link serial measures of anthropometric size or changes in size to a later outcome. Different parameterisations of these models enable one to target...
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Wijnhoven T, van Raaij J, Sjoberg A, Eldin N, Yngve A, Kunesova M, et al.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
. 2014 Nov;
11(11):11261-85.
PMID: 25361044
Background: Schools are important settings for the promotion of a healthy diet and sufficient physical activity and thus overweight prevention. Objective: To assess differences in school nutrition environment and body...
3.
Wijnhoven T, van Raaij J, Spinelli A, Starc G, Hassapidou M, Spiroski I, et al.
BMC Public Health
. 2014 Aug;
14:806.
PMID: 25099430
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe has established the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) to monitor changes in overweight in primary-school children. The aims of this...
4.
Biehl A, Hovengen R, Groholt E, Hjelmesaeth J, Strand B, Meyer H
BMJ Open
. 2014 Jun;
4(6):e004502.
PMID: 24898085
Objective: Sociodemographic changes in Norway and other western industrialised countries, including family structure and an increasing proportion of cohabiting and divorced parents, might affect the prevalence of childhood overweight and...
5.
Glavin K, Roelants M, Strand B, Juliusson P, Lie K, Helseth S, et al.
BMC Public Health
. 2014 Feb;
14:160.
PMID: 24524269
Background: Identifying important ages for the development of overweight is essential for optimizing preventive efforts. The purpose of the study was to explore early growth characteristics in children who become...
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Biehl A, Hovengen R, Groholt E, Hjelmesaeth J, Strand B, Meyer H
BMC Public Health
. 2013 Sep;
13:842.
PMID: 24028668
Background: International research has demonstrated that rural residency is a risk factor for childhood adiposity. The main aim of this study was to investigate the urban-rural gradient in overweight and...
7.
Biehl A, Hovengen R, Meyer H, Hjelmesaeth J, Meisfjord J, Groholt E, et al.
BMC Public Health
. 2013 Feb;
13:146.
PMID: 23413839
Background: The basis for this study is the fact that instrument error increases the variance of the distribution of body mass index (BMI). Combined with a defined cut-off value this...
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Heyerdahl N, Aamodt G, Nordhagen R, Hovengen R
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen
. 2012 May;
132(9):1080-3.
PMID: 22614305
Background: Targeted measures to prevent overweight children are dependent on a knowledge of which environmental factors play a part. We wanted to investigate whether overweight in Norwegian eight-year-olds is related...
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Eide J, Hovengen R, Nordhagen R
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
. 2010 Oct;
89(12):1523-31.
PMID: 20958251
Objective: to explore the associations between sexual and/or physical abuse in childhood and worries about the baby's health in pregnancy. Design: cross-sectional questionnaire study. Setting. Norwegian prospective pregnancy cohort. Sample:...
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GrOtvedt L, Stigum H, Hovengen R, Graff-Iversen S
BMC Public Health
. 2008 Sep;
8:322.
PMID: 18808660
Background: A change in pattern of tobacco use has been observed in the last decade in Norway. Snuff use and occasional smoking have to some degree replaced daily smoking among...