Browsing Brage NIH by Author "Sundgot-Borgen, Christine"
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Body figure idealization and body appearance pressure in fitness instructors
Mathisen, Therese Fostervold; Aambø, Jenny Malene; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Svantorp-Tveiten, Kethe Marie Engen; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: The fitness centers are settings for health promotion, yet may serve as a stage for counterproductive figure idealization. Such idealization may take the form of a drive toward the thin, the muscular, or lean body ... -
Elite athletes get pregnant, have healthy babies and return to sport early postpartum
Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Myklebust, Grethe; Sølvberg, Nina; Torstveit, Monica Klungland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objectives: To enhance knowledge on pregnancy and return to sport in the postpartum period in elite female athletes. Methods: 34 Norwegian elite athletes (33.1 years) and 34 active controls (31.5 years) were asked about ... -
Explanations for use of dietary- and muscle enhancing dietary supplements among university students: A national cross-sectional study
Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Mathisen, Therese Fostervold; Torstveit, Monica Klungland; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Use of dietary supplements (DS) and muscle enhancing dietary supplements (MEDS) is frequent among students despite the lack of evidence of effects and health risks related to consumption. We need to increase ... -
The healthy body image (HBI) intervention: Effects of a school-based cluster-randomized controlled trial with 12-months follow-up
Friborg, Oddgeir; Kolle, Elin; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Pettersen, Gunn; Torstveit, Monica Klungland; Piran, Niva; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Rosenvinge, Jan H.; Engen, Kethe Marie E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)We examined the effects of the Healthy Body Image (HBI) intervention on positive embodiment and health-related quality of life among Norwegian high school students. The intervention comprised three interactive workshops, ... -
The healthy body image intervention and reduction in eating disorder symptomatology and muscle building supplement use in high school students: A study of mediating factors
Svantorp-Tveiten, Kethe Marie Engen; Ivarsson, Andreas; Torstveit, Monica Klungland; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Mathisen, Therese Fostervold; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid; Friborg, Oddgeir; Pettersen, Gunn; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Rosenvinge, Jan Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Mediation analysis is important to test the theoretical framework underpinning an intervention. We therefore aimed to investigate if the healthy body image (HBI) intervention’s effect on eating disorder (ED) ... -
The Healthy Body Image intervention: A school-based, cluster-randomized controlled trial in high school students
Sundgot-Borgen, Christine (Doctoral thesis, 2020)Background: Researchers have been encouraged to design and evaluate health promotive interventions specifically tailored to promote positive embodiment in adolescents because it is associated with important mental and ... -
The impact of Covid-19 pandemic lockdown during Spring 2020 on personal trainers' working and living conditions
Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid; Mathisen, Therese Fostervold; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Tangen, Jan Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: The aim of this study was to map changes in working and living conditions of Norwegian personal trainers (PTs) during the Covid-19 lockdown spring 2020. Methods: A total of 150 PTs (mean (SD) age 35.5 (8.4) ... -
Intervention in professional dance students to increase mental health- and nutrition literacy: A controlled trial with follow up
Mathisen, Therese Fostervold; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Anstensrud, Beate; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction: There is a need to change the culture within the art of dance, as it has been associated with injuries and mental health consequences. This study evaluates an intervention designed to increase mental health ... -
Mental health, eating behaviour and injuries in professional dance students
Mathisen, Therese Fostervold; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Anstensrud, Beate; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)A high frequency of mental health challenges and injuries in professional dancers necessitate a better understanding of the complexity of such symptoms, and to explore differences according to sex, academic year and ... -
Mirror, mirror - Does the fitness club industry have a body image problem?
Haakstad, Lene Annette Hagen; Jakobsen, Charlotte; Solberg, Runar Barstad; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Gjestvang, Christina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The primary aim of the present study was to report longitudinal data on body image across the first year of gym engagement. Second, we aimed to compare body image among those who reported regular use of the fitness club ... -
The Norwegian healthy body image intervention promotes positive embodiment through improved self-esteem
Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Stenling, Andreas; Pettersen, Gunn; Friborg, Oddgeir; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Kolle, Elin; Torstveit, Monica Klungland; Svantorp-Tveiten, Kethe Marie Engen; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid; Rosenvinge, Jan H. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)We examined both direct and indirect effects of the Healthy Body Image (HBI) intervention on positive embodiment among Norwegian high school students. In total, 2446 12th grade boys (43 %) and girls (mean age 16.8 years) ... -
Physical activity level and sedentary time in Norwegian adolescents
Sundgot-Borgen, Christine (Master thesis, 2013)Background: Physical activity (PA) is necessary for children and adolescents to obtain a healthy development. The environment, however, facilitates the sedentary lifestyle. World health organization (WHO) defines physical ... -
Protein, creatine, and dieting supplements among adolescents: Use and associations with eating disorder risk factors, exercise-, and sports participation, and immigrant status
Svantorp-Tveiten, Kethe Marie Engen; Friborg, Oddgeir; Torstveit, Monica Klungland; Mathisen, Therese Fostervold; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid; Pettersen, Gunn; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Rosenvinge, Jan Harald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objective: This study aimed to estimate the number of weekly users of protein, creatine, and dieting supplements and to explore whether weekly use was related to eating disorder (ED) risk factors, exercise, sports ... -
Sexual harassment in fitness instructors: Prevalence, perpetrators, and mental health correlates
Mathisen, Therese Fostervold; Sølvberg, Nina; Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Introduction: This paper explores frequency of experiences of sexual harassment (SH) among fitness instructors, outlines the typical perpetrator, and explores associated mental health symptoms. Design: Cross-sectional ...