Christine Sundgot-Borgen

  • Post doc; PhD

Christine Sundgot-Borgen joined the team in September 2020, and her postdoc position is a part of The Oslo Bariatric Surgery Study (OBSS), an ongoing prospective cohort study of patients admitted to bariatric surgery. The main aim of her postdoc project is to examine long-term modifiable postoperative predictors of changes in recommended energy balance behaviors relevant for weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery, focusing on objectively measured physical activity. Christine has a PhD from the Norwegian School of sport sciences, Department of Sports Medicine. She defended her PhD in 2020, with the title “The Norwegian Healthy Body Image intervention study: A school-based, cluster-randomized controlled trial in high school students”. Prior to her PhD, she has a European Master in Health and Physical Activity from The Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, and the IOC Diploma in Sports Nutrition. The area of research Christine has been included in is bariatric surgery, body image, disordered eating, eating disorder, physical activity and exercise, sports nutrition, within samples of adolescents, elite athletes, university students, and the fitness industry.

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Publications 2021

Haakstad LAH, Jakobsen C, Solberg RB, Sundgot-Borgen C, Gjestvang C (2021)
Mirror, mirror - Does the fitness club industry have a body image problem?
Psychol. Sport Exerc., 53, 101880
DOI 10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101880

Mathisen TF, Solvberg N, Sundgot-Borgen C, Sundgot-Borgen J (2021)
Sexual Harassment in Fitness Instructors: Prevalence, Perpetrators, and Mental Health Correlates
Front. Psychiatry, 12, 735015
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.735015

Sundgot-Borgen C, Sundgot-Borgen J, Bratland-Sanda S, Kolle E, Torstveit MK, Svantorp-Tveiten KME, Mathisen TF (2021)
Body appreciation and body appearance pressure in Norwegian university students comparing exercise science students and other students
BMC Public Health, 21 (1), 532
DOI 10.1186/s12889-021-10550-0

Svantorp-Tveiten KME, Friborg O, Torstveit MK, Mathisen TF, Sundgot-Borgen C, Rosenvinge JH, Bratland-Sanda S, Pettersen G, Sundgot-Borgen J (2021)
Protein, Creatine, and Dieting Supplements Among Adolescents: Use and Associations With Eating Disorder Risk Factors, Exercise-, and Sports Participation, and Immigrant Status
Front. Sports Act. Living, 3, 727372
DOI 10.3389/fspor.2021.727372

Publications 2020

Bratland-Sanda S, Mathisen TF, Sundgot-Borgen C, Sundgot-Borgen J, Tangen JO (2020)
The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown During Spring 2020 on Personal Trainers' Working and Living Conditions
Front. Sports Act. Living, 2, 589702
DOI 10.3389/fspor.2020.589702

Mathisen TF, Aambo J, Bratland-Sanda S, Sundgot-Borgen C, Svantorp-Tveiten K, Sundgot-Borgen J (2020)
Body Figure Idealization and Body Appearance Pressure in Fitness Instructors
Front. Psychol., 11, 585901
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.585901

Sundgot-Borgen C, Stenling A, Rosenvinge JH, Pettersen G, Friborg O, Sundgot-Borgen J, Kolle E, Torstveit MK, Svantorp-Tveiten KME, Bratland-Sanda S (2020)
The Norwegian healthy body image intervention promotes positive embodiment through improved self-esteem
Body Image, 35, 84-95
DOI 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.08.014

Publications 2019

Sundgot-Borgen C, Friborg O, Kolle E, Engen KME, Sundgot-Borgen J, Rosenvinge JH, Pettersen G, Torstveit MK, Piran N, Bratland-Sanda S (2019)
The healthy body image (HBI) intervention: Effects of a school-based cluster-randomized controlled trial with 12-months follow-up
Body Image, 29, 122-131
DOI 10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.03.007

Sundgot-Borgen C, Friborg O, Kolle E, Torstveit MK, Sundgot-Borgen J, Engen KME, Rosenvinge JH, Pettersen G, Bratland-Sanda S (2019)
Does the Healthy Body Image program improve lifestyle habits among high school students? A randomized controlled trial with 12-month follow-up
J. Int. Med. Res., 0300060519889453
DOI 10.1177/0300060519889453

Sundgot-Borgen J, Sundgot-Borgen C, Myklebust G, Solvberg N, Torstveit MK (2019)
Elite athletes get pregnant, have healthy babies and return to sport early postpartum
BMJ Open Sport Exerc. Med., 5 (1), e000652
DOI 10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000652

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