Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Sundgot-Borgen, Christine"
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Body appreciation and body appearance pressure in Norwegian university students comparing exercise science students and other students
Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid; Kolle, Elin; Torstveit, Monica Klungland; Svantorp-Tveiten, Kethe Marie Engen; Mathisen, Therese Fostervold (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Body image is considered a core issue for public health and associates with university students’ overall health. Due to positive associations between exercise and body image, it has been suggested that students within an ... -
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 ... -
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; Rosenvinge, Jan H.; Friborg, Oddgeir; Pettersen, Gunn; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn (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) ... -
Hiking, indoor biking, and body liking: a cross-sectional study examining the link between physical activity arenas and adults’ body appreciation
Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Trangsrud, Lise Katrine Jepsen; Otterbring, Anders Emil Tobias; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Body appreciation might serve as a protective factor for developing eating disorders and is associated with participation in physical activity. Less is known about whether various arenas for physical activity ... -
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) years, ... -
The Norwegian healthy body image intervention promotes positive embodiment through improved self-esteem
Sundgot-Borgen, Christine; Stenling, Andreas; Rosenvinge, Jan H.; Pettersen, Gunn; Friborg, Oddgeir; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn; Kolle, Elin; Torstveit, Monica Klungland; Svantorp-Tveiten, Kethe M. E.; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid (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) ... -
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; Rosenvinge, Jan H; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid; Pettersen, Gunn; Sundgot-Borgen, Jorunn (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 ...