Ingrid Kvestad
Position
Guest Researcher
Affiliation
Publications
Academic article
- Sintakala, Roshan; Ranjitkar, Suman; Chandyo, Ram Krishna et al. (2025). The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Preschool Version in Nepali Children With Poor Growth in Infancy. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Ulak, Manjeswori; McCann, Adrian et al. (2025). The effect of vitamin B12 supplementation during pregnancy on early motor performance. Secondary analyses from a double-blinded randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Jeganathan, Sathya; Kvestad, Ingrid; Rajendran, Santhini et al. (2025). Continuation of Kangaroo Mother Care when transitioning from facility to community: maternal and familial perspectives from South India. (external link)
- Bjørkevoll, Sol Maja Graasvold; O'Keeffe, Maria; Konijnenberg, Carolien et al. (2025). Infant Vitamin B12 Status and its Predictors – Cross-Sectional Baseline Results from an Ongoing Randomized Controlled Trial. (external link)
- Ranjitkar, Suman; Kvestad, Ingrid; Chandyo, Ram Krishna et al. (2025). The Association between Prenatal Maternal Selenium Concentration and Neurodevelopment in Early Childhood, Results from a Mother–Child Cohort Study. (external link)
- Heimli, Oda Marie; Kvestad, Ingrid; Bøe, Tormod et al. (2025). Health-Related Quality of Life Among Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Settled in a Norwegian Municipality. (external link)
- Solberg, Mona Elin; Alsaker, Françoise D.; Opsahl, Jon et al. (2025). Prevalence of Aggressive Acts Among 1- to 5-Year-Olds in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care. (external link)
- Medin, Anine Christine; Andersen, Lene Frost; Fadnes, Lars Thore et al. (2024). Beregning og vurdering av i hvilken grad høringsutkast til nye kostråd vil dekke behov og anbefalinger for næringsstoffer. (external link)
- Bieleninik, Lucja; Kvestad, Ingrid; Gold, Christian et al. (2024). Music Therapy in Infancy and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Preterm Children: A Secondary Analysis of the LongSTEP Randomized Clinical Trial. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Chandyo, Manjeswori Ulak; Ranjitkar, Suman et al. (2024). Social withdrawal behaviour in Nepalese infants and the relationship with future neurodevelopment; a longitudinal cohort study. (external link)
- Rasheed, Muneera Abdul; Nilsen, Sondre Aasen; Strand, Tor Arne et al. (2024). Is home environment associated with child fluid reasoning abilities in middle childhood in high-risk settings? findings from a cross-sectional study in Pakistan. (external link)
- Heimli, Oda Marie; Kvestad, Ingrid; Bøe, Tormod et al. (2024). Protective factors associated with resilience among unaccompanied refugee minors after settling in Norway: a matched cross-sectional study. (external link)
- Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Ranjitkar, Suman; Silpakar, Jaya S. et al. (2024). Sleep characteristics and changes in sleep patterns among infants in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (external link)
- Shrestha, Merina; Kvestad, Ingrid; Hysing, Mari et al. (2024). The relationship between the ages and stages questionnaire, 3rd edition scores in early childhood and future cognitive abilities in young Nepalese children. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Silpakar, Jaya S.; Hysing, Mari et al. (2023). The reliability and predictive ability of the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) in a community-based study in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (external link)
- Gaden, Tora Söderström; Gold, Christian; Assmus, Jörg et al. (2023). Treatment fidelity in a pragmatic clinical trial of music therapy for premature infants and their parents: the LongSTEP study. (external link)
- Bodin, Johanna Eva; Aakre, Inger; Alexander, Jan et al. (2023). Risk assessment of hyaluronic acid in food supplements. (external link)
- Ghetti, Claire; Gaden, Tora Söderström; Bieleninik, Lucja et al. (2023). Effect of Music Therapy on Parent-Infant Bonding Among Infants Born Preterm: A Randomized Clinical Trial. (external link)
- Chandyo, Manjeswori Ulak; Kvestad, Ingrid; Chandyo, Ram Krishna et al. (2023). The Effect of Vitamin B12 Supplementation on Leukocyte Telomere Length in Mildly Stunted Nepalese Children: A Secondary Outcome of a Randomized Controlled Trial. (external link)
- Manapurath, Rukman; Strand, Tor Arne; Chowdhury, Ranadip et al. (2023). Daily Folic Acid and/or Vitamin B12 Supplementation Between 6 and 30 Months of Age and Cardiometabolic Risk Markers After 6–7 Years: A Follow-Up of a Randomized Controlled Trial. (external link)
- Bjørkevoll, Sol Maja Graasvold; Konijnenberg, Carolien; Kvestad, Ingrid Hafting et al. (2023). Vitamin B12 and folate status in pregnant females and their infants in Norway: Secondary analysis from the Mommy´s Food Study. (external link)
- Chandyo, Ram K.; Kvestad, Ingrid; Chandyo, Manjeswori Ulak et al. (2023). The effect of vitamin B12 supplementation during pregnancy on infant growth and development in Nepal: a community-based, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. (external link)
- Rasheed, Muneera Abdul; Kvestad, Ingrid; Shaheen, Fariha et al. (2023). The predictive validity of Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III at 2 years for later general abilities: Findings from a rural, disadvantaged cohort in Pakistan. (external link)
- Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Schwinger, Catherine Monika; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2022). The association between household biomass fuel use and leukocyte telomere length among toddlers in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (external link)
- Ranjitkar, Suman; Strand, Tor Arne; Chandyo, Manjeswori Ulak et al. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily life and worry among mothers in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Schwinger, Catherine et al. (2022). Biomass fuel use for cooking in Nepalese families and child cognitive abilities, results from a community-based study. (external link)
- Schwinger, Catherine; Kvestad, Ingrid; Chandyo, Ram Krishna et al. (2022). The association between biomass fuel use for cooking and linear growth in young children in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (external link)
- Taneja, Sunita; Chowdhury, Ranadip; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2022). Vitamin B12 and/or folic acid supplementation on linear growth; A 6 years follow-up study of a randomised controlled trial in early childhood in North India. (external link)
- Chandyo, Manjeswori Ulak; Kvestad, Ingrid; Chandyo, Ram Krishna et al. (2022). The effect of infant vitamin B12 supplementation on neurodevelopment: A follow-up of a randomized placebo-controlled trial in Nepal.. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Hysing, Mari; Ranjitkar, Suman et al. (2022). The stability of the Bayley scales in early childhood and its relationship with future intellectual abilities in a low to middle income country. (external link)
- Gaden, Tora Söderström; Ghetti, Claire; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2022). Short-term Music Therapy for Families With Preterm Infants: A Randomized Trial. (external link)
- Nilsen, Sondre Aasen; Kvestad, Ingrid; Randal, Sølve Bjørn et al. (2022). Mental health among unaccompanied refugee minors after settling in Norway: A matched cross-sectional study. (external link)
- Schwinger, Catherine; Sharma, Shakun; Chandyo, Ram K et al. (2021). Cobalamin and folate status in women during early pregnancy in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (external link)
- Perumal, Nandita; Manji, Karim P.; Darling, Anne Marie et al. (2021). Gestational Age, Birth Weight, and Neurocognitive Development in Adolescents in Tanzania. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Bøe, Tormod; Sayyad, Nawar et al. (2021). Potential traumatic events and symptoms of post‑traumatic stress in unaccompanied refugee minors—a comparison with youth in foster care. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Hysing, Mari; Kjellevold, Marian et al. (2021). Maternal cod intake during pregnancy and infant development in the first year of life: Secondary analyses from a randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; McCann, Adrian; Chandyo, Ram K. et al. (2021). One-Carbon Metabolism in Nepalese Infant-Mother Pairs and Child Cognition at 5 Years Old. (external link)
- Solvik, Beate Stokke; Øyen, Jannike; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2021). Biomarkers and Fatty Fish Intake: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Norwegian Preschool Children. (external link)
- Gaden, Tora Söderström; Ghetti, Claire; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2021). The LongSTEP approach: Theoretical framework and intervention protocol for using parent-driven infant-directed singing as resource-oriented music therapy. (external link)
- Ghetti, Claire; Vederhus, Bente Johanne; Gaden, Tora Söderström et al. (2021). Longitudinal Study of music Therapy's Effectiveness for Premature infants and their caregivers (LongSTEP): Feasibility study with a Norwegian cohort. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Randal, Sølve Bjørn; Sayyad, Nawar et al. (2021). Study design: Pathways to Independence – A study of unaccompanied minor refugees settled in a Norwegian city municipality. (external link)
- Hysing, Mari; Strand, Tor Arne; Chandyo, Ram K et al. (2021). The effect of vitamin B12-supplementation on actigraphy measured sleep pattern; a randomized control trial. (external link)
- Ulak, Manjeswori; Ranjitkar, Suman; Shrestha, Merina et al. (2020). The feasibility of the full and modified versions of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB) and the prevalence of social withdrawal in Infants in Nepal. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Taneja, Sunita; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash et al. (2020). Vitamin B12, folate, and cognition in 6-to 9-year-olds: a randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Shrestha, Merina; Schwinger, Catherine; Hysing, Mari et al. (2020). Agreement between mothers and fieldworkers while assessing child development using ages and stages questionnaires, Third edition in Nepal. (external link)
- Solvik, Beate Stokke; Strand, Tor A; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2020). Dietary intake and biomarkers of folate and cobalamin status in Norwegian preschool children: The FINS-KIDS Study. (external link)
- Chowdhury, Ranadip; Taneja, Sunita; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2020). Vitamin D Status in Early Childhood Is Not Associated With Cognitive Development and Linear Growth at 6-9 Years of Age in North Indian Children: A Cohort Study. (external link)
- Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Hysing, Mari; Taneja, Sunita et al. (2020). Linear growth between early and late childhood and cognitive outcomes at 6 to 9 years of age. (external link)
- Strand, Tor A; Chandyo, Manjeswori Ulak; Hysing, Mari et al. (2020). Effects of vitamin B12 supplementation on neurodevelopment and growth in Nepalese Infants: A randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Markhus, Maria Wik; Hysing, Mari; Midtbø, Lisa Kolden et al. (2020). Effects of Two Weekly Servings of Cod for 16 weeks in Pregnancy on Maternal Iodine Status and Infant Neurodevelopment: Mommy's Food, a Randomized-Controlled Trial. (external link)
- Ask, Thorvald Fossåen; Ranjitkar, Suman; Ulak, Manjeswori et al. (2019). The association between heart rate variability and neurocognitive and socio-emotional development in nepalese infants. (external link)
- Midtbø, Lisa Kolden; Nygaard, Lena B.; Wik, Maria et al. (2019). Vitamin D status in preschool children and its relations to vitamin D sources and body mass index—Fish Intervention Studies-KIDS (FINS-KIDS). (external link)
- Sudfeld, Christopher R.; Manji, Karim P.; Darling, Anne Marie et al. (2019). Effect of antenatal and infant micronutrient supplementation on middle childhood and early adolescent development outcomes in Tanzania. (external link)
- Shrestha, Merina; Strand, Tor A; Ulak, Manjeswori et al. (2019). The feasibility of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire for the assessment of child development in a community setting in Nepal. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Ranjitkar, Suman; Ulak, Manjeswori et al. (2019). Earthquake exposure and post-traumatic stress among nepalese mothers after the 2015 earthquakes. (external link)
- Thorne-Lyman, Andrew L.; Shrestha, Merina; Fawzi, Wafaie W. et al. (2019). Dietary diversity and child development in the far west of Nepal: A cohort study. (external link)
- Ranjitkar, Suman; Hysing, Mari; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2019). Determinants of cognitive development in the early life of children in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (external link)
- Ghetti, Claire; Bieleninik, Lucja; Hysing, Mari et al. (2019). Longitudinal study of music therapy's effectiveness for premature infants and their caregivers (LongSTEP): Protocol for an international randomised trial. (external link)
- Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2019). Parental height modifies the association between linear growth and neurodevelopment in infancy. (external link)
- Strand, Tor A; Ulak, Manjeswori; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2018). Maternal and infant vitamin B12 status during infancy predict linear growth at 5 years. (external link)
- Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Ulak, Manjeswori; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2018). Cobalamin and folate status among breastfed infants in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (external link)
- Wik, Maria; Kvestad, Ingrid; Midtbø, Lisa Kolden et al. (2018). Effects of cod intake in pregnancy on iodine nutrition and infant development: study protocol for Mommy’s Food - a randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Øyen, Jannike; Kvestad, Ingrid; Midtbø, Lisa Kolden et al. (2018). Fatty fish intake and cognitive function: FINS-KIDS, a randomized controlled trial in preschool children. (external link)
- Winje, Brita Askeland; Kvestad, Ingrid; Krishnamachari, Srinivasan et al. (2018). Does early vitamin B12 supplementation improve neurodevelopment and cognitive function in childhood and into school age: a study protocol for extended follow-ups from randomised controlled trials in India and Tanzania. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Vabø, Silje; Kjellevold, Marian et al. (2018). Fatty fish, hair mercury and cognitive function in Norwegian preschool children: Results from the randomized controlled trial FINS-KIDS. (external link)
- Hysing, Mari; Kvestad, Ingrid; Kjellevold, Marian et al. (2018). Fatty fish intake and the effect on mental health and sleep in preschool children in FINS-KIDS, a randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Ranjitkar, Suman; Kvestad, Ingrid; Strand, Tor A et al. (2018). Acceptability and reliability of the Bayley Scales of infant and Toddler Development-III Among Children in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (external link)
- Nerhus, Ive; Odland, Mathilde; Kjellevold, Marian et al. (2018). Iodine status in Norwegian preschool children and associations with dietary iodine sources: the FINS-KIDS study. (external link)
- Henjum, Sigrun; Kvestad, Ingrid; Shrestha, Merina et al. (2018). Erythrocyte DHA and AA in infancy is not associated with developmental status and cognitive functioning five years later in Nepalese children. (external link)
- Chowdhury, Ranadip; Taneja, Sunita; Bhandari, Nita et al. (2017). Vitamin-D status and neurodevelopment and growth in young north Indian children: a secondary data analysis. (external link)
- Strand, Tor A; Ulak, Manjeswori; Chandyo, Ram Krishna et al. (2017). The effect of vitamin B12 supplementation in Nepalese infants on growth and development: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Shrestha, Merina; Ulak, Manjeswori; Strand, Tor A et al. (2017). How much do Nepalese mothers know about child development?. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Hysing, Mari; Shrestha, Merina et al. (2017). Vitamin B-12 status in infancy is positively associated with development and cognitive functioning 5 y later in Nepalese children. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Taneja, Sunita; Kumar, Tivendra et al. (2015). Vitamin B12 and folic acid improve gross motor and problem-solving skills in young North Indian children: A randomized placebo-controlled trial. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Taneja, Sunita; Hysing, Mari et al. (2015). Diarrhea, stimulation and growth predict neurodevelopment in young North Indian Children. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Taneja, Sunita; Kumar, Tivendra et al. (2013). The assessment of developmental status using the Ages and Stages questionnaire-3 in nutritional research in north Indian young children. (external link)
- Fjermestad, Krister; Kvestad, Ingrid; Daniel, Marguerite et al. (2008). "It can save you if you just forget": Closeness and Competence as Conditions for Coping among Ugandan Orphans. (external link)
Article in business/trade/industry journal
- Andersen, Lene Frost; Lillegaard, Inger Therese Laugsand; Mangschou, Bente et al. (2025). New update of a fortification model. (external link)
- Schultz, Gry Irene Granli; Parr, Christine Louise; Trosvik, Pål et al. (2025). Health risk assessment of Bifidobacterium breve M-16V in infant formula. (external link)
- Steffensen, Inger-Lise Karin; Bodin, Johanna Eva; Dalen, Knut Tomas et al. (2024). Risk assessment of quercetin dihydrate and rutin in food supplements – “Other substances”. (external link)
- Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Kvestad, Ingrid; Bjørkevoll, Sol Maja Graasvold et al. (2023). Vitamin B12 status in infancy and the effect of a vitamin B12 injection in infants with subclinical vitamin B12 deficiency: study protocol for a register-based randomised controlled trial. (external link)
- Sayyad, Nawar; Randal, Sølve Bjørn; Bøe, Tormod et al. (2021). «Det var godt å si det jeg hadde på hjertet». (external link)
Report
- Olsen, Terje; Kvestad, Ingrid; Bøe, Tormod (2025). Skape sammenhenger og bygge broer - evaluering av tolv For alle-prosjekter. (external link)
- Gorseth, Stein; Skogstrand, Anita; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2023). Kvalitetssystem for Sammen mot mobbing. (external link)
- Andersen, Lene Frost; Berstad, Paula; Carlsen, Monica Hauger et al. (2020). Protocol and description of literature searches for the risk-benefit assessment of fish in the Norwegian diet. The Steering Committee of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. (external link)
- Kvestad, Ingrid; Bøe, Tormod (2019). Veien til Selvstendighet. Et prosjekt i barneverntjenesten for enslige mindreårige flyktninger i Bergen kommune.. (external link)
- Reedtz, Charlotte; Kvestad, Ingrid; Slinning, Kari et al. (2019). Strategi for RBUP/RKBUssatsing på sped- og småbarnsfeltet 2019-2022. (external link)
Lecture
Academic lecture
- Næss, Synnøve; Markhus, Maria Wik; Kjellevold, Marian et al. (2024). Long term effects of increased lean fish intake in pregnancy on child development and mental health at five years: a follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. (external link)
- Ghetti, Claire; Bieleninik, Lucja; Gaden, Tora Söderström et al. (2023). Parent-led, infant-directed singing for premature infants and caregivers: Multinational trial LongSTEP results. (external link)
- Ghetti, Claire; Gaden, Tora Söderström; Gold, Christian et al. (2022). Parent-driven infant-directed singing as resource-oriented music therapy: Theoretical frames and considerations for implementation. (external link)
- Bieleninik, Lucja; Gaden, Tora Söderström; Ghetti, Claire et al. (2022). Longitudinal Study of music Therapy's Effectiveness for premature infants and their caregivers (LongSTEP): Results from feasibility studies with Norwegian and Polish cohorts. (external link)
- Gaden, Tora Söderström; Ghetti, Claire; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2021). Short-term Music Therapy for Premature Infants and their Parents: Results from international randomized trial LongSTEP. (external link)
- Ghetti, Claire; Lindvall, Merethe Wolf; Gaden, Tora Söderström et al. (2020). LongSTEP: Implementering av en internasjonal klinisk studie om musikkterapi for premature barn og deres foreldre. (external link)
- Ghetti, Claire; Gaden, Tora Söderström; Bieleninik, Lucja et al. (2020). Real World Challenges in Research: When a Multi-nation Pragmatic Trial Meets a Pandemic. (external link)
Reader opinion piece
Academic literature review
- Andersen, Lene Frost; Berstad, Paula; Bukhvalova, Barbara Alexandra et al. (2022). Benefit and risk assessment of fish in the Norwegian diet - Scientific Opinion of the Steering Committee of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. (external link)
- Sania, Ayesha; Sudfeld, Christopher R.; Danaei, Goodarz et al. (2019). Early life risk factors of motor, cognitive and language development: a pooled analysis of studies from low/middle-income countries. (external link)
- Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Ulak, Manjeswori; Kvestad, Ingrid et al. (2017). The effects of vitamin B12 supplementation in pregnancy and postpartum on growth and neurodevelopment in early childhood: Study Protocol for a Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial. (external link)