Researching the link between dietary behavior and mental health in the general population using Bergen i endring – BIE studien and Food4HealthyLife project.

Part of the HEMIX research group and Bergen Addiction Research (BAR) group, promoting public health with a focus on substance use disorder.

• 2023:

Presentation in the pandemic center breakfast 23.03.2023: "Emotional Eating and Changes in High-Sugar Food and Drink Consumption Linked to Psychological Distress and Worries: A Cohort Study from Norway". 

Interview with "Decoding Healthcare Research podcast"; Emotional eating: Exploring how psychological distress affects eating behaviors.|Ep. 8: https://youtu.be/YqywrCxLZk0?feature=shared

• 2022: 

presentation in CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium: “Emotional eating and changes in dietary patterns linked to psychological distress and worries“

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

• Food4HealthyLife 

This project is a mathematical model to estimate the life expectancy changes with a change in diet in different scenarios. We have developed an online calculator that considers the location, age, sex, weight, height, and activity level of a reference population. The model uses national mortality rates a dose-response relationship between each food group and combines them to estimate an overall gain/loss in life expectancy. 

• FruktBAR

(Part of ATLAS4LAR project)

This study is a randomized control trial evaluating the impact of fruit smoothie supplementation on people with substance use disorder who are receiving opioid assistance treatment. The trait has now ended and the result of the study will be published soon.