Ongoing research projects
- Primary prevention of childhood obesity through sessions at child health centers addressing healthy eating habits and physical activity. PRIMROSE is a randomized population-based intervention study in which motivational interviewing is an important component. Contact: Camilla Henriksson and Finn Rasmussen
- Psychometric properties of self-efficacy as a motivational construct in childhood obesity prevention intervention, motivational interviewing as a psychological treatment to motivate families to engage in healthy physical activity and dietary behaviors, and the significance of metacognition in the acquisition of skills in motivational interviewing. Contact: Benjamin Bohman
- Influences of major weight loss in obese women after surgical treatment on their partners and childrens eating habits, physical activity, weight development and weight concerns. Contact: Daniel Berglind and Mikaela Willmer
- Epigenetic differences in obesity-related genes between same-sex siblings born before or after large maternal weight loss from obesity surgery explaining differences between siblings in BMI? Contact: Daniel Berglind
- Medical and health economic evaluation of anti-obesity surgery: consequences for morbidity, mortality, health services utilization and reimbursement from the Social Insurance Office. Contact: Finn Rasmussen
- Association of maternal weight gain in pregnancy with offspring obesity in childhood. A twin study which aims to investigate to which extent maternal weight gain is determined by genetic and environmental differences. Contact: Elina Scheers Andersson
- Advanced parental age and offspring health outcomes, e.g. intelligence and psychoses. Contact: Finn Rasmussen
- The effect of socio-economic status on union formation and fertility of Swedish men. Contact: Finn Rasmussen
- The relationship between measures of heritability and differences in prevalence of obesity over time and place. Contact: Finn Rasmussen
- Understanding population obesity through processes of social inequality: obesity and inequality. Contact: Finn Rasmussen
- Depression as a risk factor for CHD and stroke. Contact: Finn Rasmussen
- Obesity in people with mobility disabilities: steps forwards to better health, wellbeing and participation in society. Contact: Mattias Norrbäck and Finn Rasmussen
- Cardiovascular diseases: determining risk factors and mode in which they are influenced by physical development in childhood and adolescence. Contact: Finn Rasmussen
- Relationship between school performance and growth in puberty: the Compass study. Contact: Finn Rasmussen
- Overweight among children in Sweden and Stockholm County. Time-trends, cohort effects and lifestyle relations. A population-based study. Contact: Finn Rasmussen
