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Nanna Lien publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nanna Lien sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 159 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Nanna Lien D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nanna Lien sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nanna Lien is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has a research focus covering medicine and health professions. Their work is situated primarily within the subfields of public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, sociology and political science, transportation, and management science and operations research.

Their research topics span across obesity, physical activity, and diet; health policy implementation science; community health and development; urban transport and accessibility; behavioral health and interventions; obesity and health practices; and global public health policies and epidemiology.

Recent publications include the following:

  • Barriers and facilitators to implementation of direct fruit and vegetables provision interventions in kindergartens and schools: a qualitative systematic review applying the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR), 2022, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Mediators of socioeconomic inequalities in dietary behaviours among youth: A systematic review, 2020, Obesity Reviews
  • Socioeconomic inequalities in children's weight, height and BMI trajectories in Norway, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Overweight and obesity prevention for and with adolescents: The "Confronting obesity: Co-creating policy with youth" (CO-CREATE) project, 2023, Obesity Reviews
  • Perceptions of the social and physical environment of adolescents' dietary behaviour in neighbourhoods of different socioeconomic position, 2020, Appetite

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Aleksandra Łuszczyńska
  • Knut-Inge Klepp
  • Mekdes K. Gebremariam
  • Harry Rutter
  • Biljana Meshkovska

Lien's work is regularly published in several academic venues such as:

  • Obesity Reviews
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Scientific Reports
  • BMC Public Health
  • Global Implementation Research and Applications

Best Publications

  • Stability in consumption of fruit, vegetables, and sugary foods in a cohort from age 14 to age 21.

    Nanna Lien;Leslie A. Lytle;Knut-Inge Klepp

  • Differences in Weight Status and Energy-Balance Related Behaviors among Schoolchildren across Europe: The ENERGY-Project

    Johannes Brug;Maartje M. van Stralen;Saskia J. te Velde;Mai J. M. Chinapaw

  • Adolescents' proxy reports of parents' socioeconomic status: How valid are they?

    N Lien;C Friestad;K I Klepp

  • Socio-demographic differences in food habits and preferences of school adolescents in Jiangsu Province, China

    Zumin Shi;N. Lien;B. N. Kumar;G. Holmboe-Ottesen

  • Consumption of green or black tea does not increase resistance of low-density lipoprotein to oxidation in humans.

    K H van het Hof;H S de Boer;S A Wiseman;N Lien

  • Consumption of Soft Drinks and Hyperactivity, Mental Distress, and Conduct Problems Among Adolescents in Oslo, Norway.

    Lars Lien;Nanna Lien;Sonja Heyerdahl;Magne Thoresen

  • The DONE framework: Creation, evaluation, and updating of an interdisciplinary, dynamic framework 2.0 of determinants of nutrition and eating

    F. Marijn Stok;Stefan Hoffmann;Dorothee Volkert;Heiner Boeing

  • Changes in diet through adolescence and early adulthood: Longitudinal trajectories and association with key life transitions

    Eleanor M. Winpenny;Esther M. F. van Sluijs;Martin White;Knut-Inge Klepp

  • Applying Theory of Planned Behavior to Fruit and Vegetable Consumption of Young Adolescents

    Nanna Lien;Leslie A. Lytle;Kelli A. Komro

  • Understanding Eating Behavior during the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood : A Literature Review and Perspective on Future Research Directions

    F. Marijn Stok;Britta Renner;Peter Clarys;Nanna Lien

  • Does parental involvement make a difference in school-based nutrition and physical activity interventions? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

    Wendy Van Lippevelde;Maïté Verloigne;Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij;Johannes Brug

  • The SOS-framework (Systems of Sedentary behaviours): An international transdisciplinary consensus framework for the study of determinants, research priorities and policy on sedentary behaviour across the life course: A DEDIPAC-study

    Sebastien F. M. Chastin;Marieke De Craemer;Nanna Lien;Claire Bernaards

  • Exploring predictors of eating behaviour among adolescents by gender and socio-economic status.

    Nanna Lien;David R. Jacobs;Knut Inge Klepp

  • Fruit and vegetable consumption in a sample of 11-year-old children in ten European countries--the PRO GREENS cross-sectional survey.

    Christel Lynch;Asa Gudrun Kristjansdottir;Saskia J Te Velde;Nanna Lien

  • Determinants of diet and physical activity (DEDIPAC): a summary of findings.

    Johannes Brug;Hidde P. van der Ploeg;Hidde P. van der Ploeg;Anne Loyen;Wolfgang Ahrens

  • Evidence-based development of school-based and family-involved prevention of overweight across Europe: the ENERGY-project's design and conceptual framework.

    Johannes Brug;Saskia J te Velde;Mai J M Chinapaw;Elling Bere

  • Physical activity and associated socio-demographic factors among school adolescents in Jiangsu Province, China.

    Zumin Shi;Nanna Lien;Bernadette Nirmal Kumar;Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen

  • Interventions for promoting physical activity among European teenagers: a systematic review

    Femke De Meester;Frank J van Lenthe;Heleen Spittaels;Nanna Lien

  • Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviours according to ethnic background among adolescents in seven countries in Europe: the ENERGY-project.

    J Brug;M M van Stralen;M J M Chinapaw;I De Bourdeaudhuij

  • Ethnic differences in body mass index and associated factors of adolescents from minorities in Oslo, Norway: a cross-sectional study.

    BN Kumar;G Holmboe-Ottesen;N Lien;M Wandel

  • Predictors of food decision making: A systematic interdisciplinary mapping (SIM) review.

    Claudia Symmank;Claudia Symmank;Robert Mai;Stefan Hoffmann;F. Marijn Stok

  • Associations between eating meals, watching TV while eating meals and weight status among children, ages 10–12 years in eight European countries: the ENERGY cross-sectional study

    Frøydis N Vik;Helga Birgit Bjørnarå;Nina C Øverby;Nanna Lien

  • Intervention effects on physical activity: the HEIA study - a cluster randomized controlled trial

    May Grydeland;Ingunn Holden Bergh;Mona Bjelland;Nanna Lien

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes Brug
Johannes Brug Utrecht University
Elling Bere
Elling Bere University of Agder
Yngvar Ommundsen
Yngvar Ommundsen Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij
Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij Ghent University
Lea Maes
Lea Maes Ghent University
Jeroen Lakerveld
Jeroen Lakerveld University of Amsterdam
Sigmund A. Anderssen
Sigmund A. Anderssen Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Mary Nicolaou
Mary Nicolaou University of Amsterdam
Onyebuchi A. Arah
Onyebuchi A. Arah University of California, Los Angeles
Yannis Manios
Yannis Manios Harokopio University

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