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Economic Costs of Raising a Child with ADHD in Norway: A Needs-Based Approach Open
This article presents an analysis of the everyday costs of caring for a child with a disability guided by the budget standard approach and the theoretical frameworks of human need and capability. The analysis is based on 30 in-depth digita…
Everyday household costs of raising a child with cerebral palsy Open
Background Caring for a child with a disability can be costly in terms of time and energy, and it is also associated with lower incomes and higher direct costs, such as costs for assistive technologies, transport, food, clothing and leisur…
View article: Evaluation and prioritization of food environment policies in Norway using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI)
Evaluation and prioritization of food environment policies in Norway using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) Open
The overall policies in Norway to promote a healthy diet show a medium to high level of implementation. This study highlights that there is still room for additional improvements in Norwegian policies and infrastructure support to promote …
Dietary behaviour and physical activity policies in Europe: learnings from the Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) Open
The European Policy Evaluation Network (PEN), initiated in autumn 2018, aimed at advancing the evidence base for public policies impacting dietary behaviour, physical activity and sedentary behaviours in Europe. This is needed because non-…
View article: How theory can help to understand the potential impact of food environment policies on socioeconomic inequalities in diet: an application of Bourdieu’s capital theory and the scarcity theory
How theory can help to understand the potential impact of food environment policies on socioeconomic inequalities in diet: an application of Bourdieu’s capital theory and the scarcity theory Open
Government policies that promote healthy food environments are considered promising to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in diet. Empirical evidence of effects on these inequalities, however, is relatively scarce and, with a few exceptions…
View article: Policy implementation and priorities to create healthy food environments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): A pooled level analysis across eleven European countries
Policy implementation and priorities to create healthy food environments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): A pooled level analysis across eleven European countries Open
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 774548 and from the Joint Programming Initiative "A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life".
FOOD2GATHER: What is migrants’ food all about in Europe? A media discourse analysis through the lens of controversies Open
This report is part of the HERANET funded project FOOD2GATHER. The project aims at understanding the question of integration/exclusion of migrants through foodscapes. An important step in this direction is to analyse the contextual framewo…
Benchmarking the implementation of recommended food environment policies in Norway using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) Open
Background Obesity prevalence in Norway has increased over the past decades despite political objectives and strategies for obesity prevention. Healthy food environments have the potential to improve the diet of the population and decrease…
Developing a literature-based systems map of determinants of dietary intake in low-income groups Open
Background Inequalities in obesity and related non-communicable diseases pertain in part to less healthy dietary intake in disadvantaged groups. Examining determinants of intake as a complex adaptive system - i.e. interconnected determinan…
Norwegian parents' views on nutrition policy measures and responsibility Open
Background Norwegian nutrition policy has during the last 50 years shifted from a focus on state concerns over the common good and social welfare towards increased individual responsibility and a focus on active consumers who make consciou…
L2-2Determinants of dietary behaviour in migrants – the role of acculturation Open
Workshop Plan:The two presenters will share current information on the Canadian context and the development of the academic health network.Following the presentations, we will open a dialogue on approaches for cultural safety in the learni…
Quality labels lost in everyday food consumption Open
De siste årene har antallet kvalitetsmerker for mat (KFM), som viser til særegne kvaliteter som smak og opprinnelse, økt i norske matbutikker. Disse merkene skal hjelpe forbrukere til å gjøre informerte valg når de handler mat, men legger …
View article: ”Report on quantitative research findings on European consumers’ perception and valuation of EU food quality schemes as well as their confidence in such measures”.
”Report on quantitative research findings on European consumers’ perception and valuation of EU food quality schemes as well as their confidence in such measures”. Open
Food Quality Scheme labels are an essential means of communicating food product and process characteristics thereby aiming at reducing information asymmetry on the side of consumers and supporting an informed choice. Such labels, however, …
People Moving with Food from and to Northern Europe: Food, Migration and Multiculturalism Open
This special issue, “People Moving with Food from and to Northern Europe: Food, Migration and Multiculturalism”, is a follow-up of the Nordic Association for Food Studies (NAFS) 2016 interdisciplinary conference entitled “People Moving wit…
P58 Barriers and facilitators to implementation of diet and physical activity interventions in schools-a dedipac (determinants of diet and physical activity) qualitative study Open
Background This case study was undertaken in Ireland as part of the European DEterminants of DIet and Physical Activity (DEDIPAC) Knowledge Hub. Two national interventions were chosen based on predetermined selection criteria: a Healthy Ea…
People moving with food from and to Northern Europe Open
Food has a key role in shaping culture and identity. When people move, they use food and food traditions to maintain contact with the place they come from but also come in contact with a new food culture and new habits. In November 2016, N…
View article: 6.E. Pitch presentations: Policies and interventions in food and nutrition
6.E. Pitch presentations: Policies and interventions in food and nutrition Open
considered before the implementation of such incentives