Nancy Lien

Biographic Data

ID640304
NAMENancy Lien
GIVEN NAMESNancy
FAMILY NAMELien
SIGNATURELIEN N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Oslo
ORCID0000-0003-1486-4769
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS50
TOTAL CITATIONS46
AUTHOR COUNT50
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Cocreación De Estrategias Para La Prevención De La Obesidad Infantil

    Open AccessD J Mora, Biljana Meshkovska et al.ARTICLEGaceta Sanitaria2025

  • Advancing knowledge, maps and tools to address obesity and related socio-economic disparities in Europe

    Open AccessThao Minh Lam, Julie Aarestrup et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    The steady rise in overweight and obesity in Europe disproportionately affects people and communities with a lower socio-economic position (SEP). Many obesity prevention approaches exist, but these have had limited reach and unsatisfactory effects thus far, especially in low-SEP populations. In this context, there is a need for implementation of effective individual-level and population-based preventive strategies that also tackle health inequali…

  • Voices of youth

    Open AccessBiljana Meshkovska, Gerben Moerman et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Taking the time to build trust and create a feeling of equality is important. It is also important to allow youth to take the lead when they wish so and have clear ideas of how to do so. Voices of rebelliousness can be a show of strength and help reach the goals of the project. Participation in CO-CREATE may have contributed toward individual empowerment of youth

  • Converging perspectives on the processes exacerbating adolescent obesity

    Open AccessAnaely Aguiar, Jefferson K Rajah et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025References: 80

    Adolescent obesity is a complex public health challenge with steadily increasing and variable prevalence among countries. This paper synthesises the driving feedback mechanisms of adolescent obesity studied in the CO-CREATE project, furthering our understanding of the complexity of this issue. Using systems thinking principles and causal loop diagramming, we integrated the following knowledge and perspectives derived from diverse sources into a c…

  • Democratising participatory health promotion

    Open AccessEvelyne Baillergeau, Gerlieke Veltkamp et al.ARTICLEHealth Risk & Society2024

    Public policy aimed at preventing undesired phenomena has increasingly sought to engage representatives of the target population. Little is known, however, about how power dynamics function to shape the processes and outcomes of risk governance engagement interventions. In order to study the ways in which, and the extent to which, power differentials can be reduced in participatory health promotion initiatives, we develop a conceptual framework s…

  • Mediators and moderators of the effects of a school-based intervention on adolescents’ fruit and vegetable consumption

    Open AccessMerel Celine Daas, Mekdes K Gebremariam et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: To examine whether targeted determinants mediated the effects of the HEalth In Adolescents (HEIA) intervention on fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption and explore if these mediating effects were moderated by sex, parental education or weight status. Design: Cluster-randomised controlled trial. Setting: The HEIA study (2007–2009) was a Norwegian 20-month multi-component school-based intervention to promote healthy weight development. FV…

  • Implementation and effectiveness of a school-based intervention to increase adherence to national school meal guidelines

    Open AccessJorunn Sofie Randby, Terje Ogden et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: Implementation of school meal guidelines is often inadequate, and evidence for effective implementation strategies for school-based nutrition interventions is limited. The aim of the present study was to examine the implementation and effectiveness of a multi-strategy implementation intervention to increase adherence to the Norwegian national school meal guideline. Design: The study was a school-based hybrid implementation effectivenes…

  • Built for movement

    Open AccessOddbjørn Klomsten Andersen, Mekdes K Gebremariam et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2024References: 6

    This study examined whether the built environment was associated with physical activity among adolescents in Oslo, Norway, and the role of socioeconomic position and gender as potential moderators of this association. We used data from 897 adolescents who participated in the TACKLE cross-sectional study conducted in 2020. Built environment features (recreational facilities, parks, forest, public transport, traffic calming devices, and schools) we…

  • Barriers and facilitators to the adoption of physical activity policies in elementary schools from the perspective of principals

    Open AccessJanine Wendt, Daniel A Scheller et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: Studies have shown that policies to promote physical activity in schools can have a positive impact on children's physical activity behavior. However, a large research gap exists as to what determinants may influence the adoption of such policies. Applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we investigated barriers and facilitators to the adoption of physical activity policies in elementary schools in Baden…

  • Negotiating policy ideas

    Open AccessChristian Bröer, Gerlieke Veltkamp et al.ARTICLEEthics Medicine and Public Health2023

    Between 2019 and 2021, 199 adolescents collaborated with adults in 15 participatory action research projects, called Youth Alliances, to contribute to system-directed obesity prevention in five EU countries. We investigated if and how these Youth Alliances included diverse youth, enhanced engagement, generated policy proposals and changed problem perception. We assessed the Youth Alliances from a micro-sociological perspective of negotiated order…

  • Good practice recommendations on implementation evaluation for policies targeting diet, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour

    Open AccessJanine Wendt, Daniel A Scheller et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Health policies aim to achieve specific health goals through system-level changes, unlike common health interventions that focus on promoting specific health behaviors on individual level. However, reliable data on the feasibility and implementation of policy actions across Europe are lacking. Moreover, no practice-oriented guidance exists for policy makers and implementers on how to evaluate policy implementation.As part of the Policy Evaluation…

  • Neighborhood deprivation, built environment, and overweight in adolescents in the city of Oslo

    Open AccessSílvia R Coutinho, Oddbjørn Klomsten Andersen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    The neighborhoods in Oslo with higher deprivation levels had more obesogenic characteristics than the low-deprived neighborhoods. Adolescents living in high-deprived neighborhoods were more likely to have overweight than their counterparts from low-deprived neighborhoods. Thus, preventive measures targeting adolescents from high-deprived neighborhoods should be put in place in order to reduce incidence of overweight

  • Adolescent vegetable consumption

    Open AccessElisabeth L Melbye, Solveig E Hausken-Sutter et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To describe associations between adolescents’ frequency of vegetable consumption, food parenting practices and socioemotional family characteristics, and to explore potential mediated relationships that may contribute to an understanding of the family processes involved. Design: Cross-sectional survey among adolescents aged 13–15 years. Setting: A survey questionnaire including self-report measures on adolescents’ frequency of vegetabl…

  • Perceptions of the social and physical environment of adolescents’ dietary behaviour in neighbourhoods of different socioeconomic position

    Open AccessHanne Hennig Havdal, Elisabeth Fosse et al.ARTICLEAppetite2021References: 33

    A higher proportion of adolescents from families in a lower socioeconomic position (SEP) tends to have more unhealthy dietary behaviours, and overweight and obesity, than their counterparts in higher SEPs. More research is needed to understand the causes of these differences, in particular the influence of the neighbourhood environment, which has been explored less. The presented qualitative study explores how adolescents and their parents from h…

  • Effects of a kindergarten intervention on vegetables served and staff’s food-related practices

    Open AccessAnne Himberg-Sundet, Anne Lene Kristiansen et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020

    Objective: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect on frequency, variety and amount of vegetables served and staff’s food-related practices in the multicomponent BRA intervention. Design: Cluster randomised controlled trial, conducted between Spring 2015 and Spring 2016. For allocation of the kindergartens, a stratified block randomisation was used. Data were collected in three ways: (i) a questionnaire for pedagogical leaders ass…

  • Effects of a cluster randomized controlled kindergarten-based intervention trial on vegetable consumption among Norwegian 3–5-year-olds

    Open AccessAnne Lene Kristiansen, Mona Bjelland et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    International Standard Randomised Controlled Trials ISRCTN51962956 . Registered 21 June 2016 (retrospectively registered)

  • Data on Determinants Are Needed to Curb the Sedentary Epidemic in Europe. Lessons Learnt from the Dedipac European Knowledge Hub

    Open AccessMarieke De Craemer, Sébastien Chastin et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2018

    Societal and technological changes have resulted in sitting being the dominant posture during most activities of daily living, such as learning, working, travelling and leisure time. Too much time spent in seated activities, referred to as sedentary behaviour, is a novel concern for public health as it is one of the key lifestyle causes of poor health. The European DEDIPAC (Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity) Knowledge Hub coordinated the…

  • The development of basic taste sensitivity and preferences in children

    Open AccessFrida Felicia Fry Vennerød, Sophie Nicklaus et al.ARTICLEAppetite2018Cited by: 6References: 42

  • Associations between physical home environmental factors and vegetable consumption among Norwegian 3–5-year-olds

    Open AccessAnne Lene Kristiansen, Mona Bjelland et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2017

    Objective First, to explore item pools developed to measure the physical home environment of pre-school children and assess the psychometric properties of these item pools; second, to explore associations between this environment and vegetable consumption among Norwegian 3–5-year-olds. Design Data were collected in three steps: (i) a parental web-based questionnaire assessing the child’s vegetable intake and factors potentially influencing the ch…

  • Predictors of food decision making

    Open AccessClaudia Symmank, Robert Mai et al.ARTICLEAppetite2017

  • Associations between sociocultural home environmental factors and vegetable consumption among Norwegian 3–5-year olds

    Open AccessAnne Lene Kristiansen, Mona Bjelland et al.ARTICLEAppetite2017References: 40

  • Adolescent impulsivity and soft drink consumption

    Open AccessElisabeth L Melbye, Ingunn Holden Bergh et al.ARTICLEAppetite2016Cited by: 3References: 89

  • Associations between parental rules, style of communication and children’s screen time

    Open AccessMona Bjelland, B Soenens et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number Register, registration number: ISRCTN34562078 . Date applied29/07/2011, Date assigned11/10/2011

  • Mediation of parental educational level on fruit and vegetable intake among schoolchildren in ten European countries

    Open AccessElviira Lehto, Carola Ray et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2015

    Objective To examine which factors act as mediators between parental educational level and children's fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake in ten European countries. Design Cross-sectional data were collected in ten European countries participating in the PRO GREENS project (2009). Schoolchildren completed a validated FFQ about their daily F&V intake and filled in a questionnaire about availability of F&V at home, parental facilitation of F&V intake,…

  • Post-intervention effects on screen behaviours and mediating effect of parental regulation

    Open AccessIngunn Holden Bergh, Maartje M Van Stralen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN98552879