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Sjurdur F. Olsen

Sjurdur F. Olsen

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Overview

Sjurdur F. Olsen is affiliated with Statens Serum Institut in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on medical science, with notable contributions in pediatrics, perinatology, child health, public health, environmental and occupational health, obstetrics and gynecology, nutrition and dietetics, and epidemiology.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Pregnancy and Preeclampsia Studies
  • Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

Sjurdur F. Olsen has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, among them:

  • Anne Ahrendt Bjerregaard
  • Þórhallur I. Halldórsson
  • Charlotta Granström
  • Bodil Hammer Bech
  • Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen

The scientist's research has been published frequently in the following venues:

  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Diabetes Care
  • Environment International
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Nutrients

Among recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Sjurdur F. Olsen are:

  • Lactation Duration and Long-term Risk for Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, 2020, Diabetes Care
  • Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supply in Pregnancy for Risk Reduction of Preterm and Early Preterm Birth, 2023, American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
  • Genetic Factors and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes: Findings From Two Independent Populations, 2020, BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
  • Associations of Birth Size, Infancy, and Childhood Growth With Intelligence Quotient at 5 Years of Age: A Danish Cohort Study, 2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in Children Is Not Increased After SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Nationwide Prospective Study in Denmark, 2023, Diabetes Care

Best Publications

  • The Danish National Birth Cohort - its background, structure and aim:

    Jørn Olsen;Mads Melbye;Sjurdur Frodi Olsen;Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

  • Timing of postexercise protein intake is important for muscle hypertrophy with resistance training in elderly humans

    B. Esmarck;J.L. Andersen;S. Olsen;Erik A. Richter

  • Randomised controlled trial of effect of fish-oil supplementation on pregnancy duration.

    S F Olsen;J D Sørensen;N J Secher;M Hedegaard

  • Breastfeeding and allergic disease: a multidisciplinary review of the literature (1966–2001) on the mode of early feeding in infancy and its impact on later atopic manifestations

    J van Odijk;I Kull;MP Borres;P Brandtzaeg

  • Omega-3 Fatty Acid Addition During Pregnancy

    Philippa Middleton;Judith C. Gomersall;Jacqueline F. Gould;Emily Shepherd

  • Low Consumption of Seafood in Early Pregnancy as a Risk Factor for Preterm Delivery: Prospective Cohort Study

    Sjurdur Frodi Olsen;Niels Jørgen Secher

  • Fish Oil–Derived Fatty Acids in Pregnancy and Wheeze and Asthma in Offspring

    Hans Bisgaard;Jakob Stokholm;Bo L Chawes;Nadja H Vissing

  • Marine oil, and other prostaglandin precursor, supplementation for pregnancy uncomplicated by pre‐eclampsia or intrauterine growth restriction

    Maria Makrides;Lelia Duley;Sjurdur F Olsen

  • Prenatal Exposure to Perfluorooctanoate and Risk of Overweight at 20 Years of Age: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Thorhallur I. Halldorsson;Dorte Rytter;Line Småstuen Haug;Bodil Hammer Bech

  • Exposure to tobacco smoke in utero and the risk of stillbirth and death in the first year of life

    Kirsten Wisborg;Ulrik Kesmodel;Tine Brink Henriksen;Sjurdur Frodi Olsen

  • Fish oil intake compared with olive oil intake in late pregnancy and asthma in the offspring: 16 y of registry-based follow-up from a randomized controlled trial

    Sjurdur F Olsen;Marie Louise Østerdal;Jannie Dalby Salvig;Lotte Maxild Mortensen

  • Intake of marine fat, rich in (n-3)-polyunsaturated fatty acids, may increase birthweight by prolonging gestation.

    S. F. Olsen;H. S. Hansen;T. I. A. Sorensen;B. Jensen

  • Associations of in Utero Exposure to Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids with Human Semen Quality and Reproductive Hormones in Adult Men

    Anne Vested;Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen;Sjurdur Frodi Olsen;Jens Peter Bonde

  • MODERATE ALCOHOL INTAKE IN PREGNANCY AND THE RISK OF SPONTANEOUS ABORTION

    Ulrik Kesmodel;Kirsten Wisborg;Sjúrđur Fróđi Olsen;Tine Brink Henriksen

  • Major dietary patterns in pregnancy and fetal growth

    V K Knudsen;I M Orozova-Bekkevold;T B Mikkelsen;S Wolff;S Wolff

  • Associations of Seafood and Elongated n-3 Fatty Acid Intake with Fetal Growth and Length of Gestation: Results from a US Pregnancy Cohort

    Emily Oken;Ken P. Kleinman;Sjurdur F. Olsen;Janet W. Rich-Edwards

  • Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Diet: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Examining the Impact of Modified Dietary Interventions on Maternal Glucose Control and Neonatal Birth Weight

    Jennifer M. Yamamoto;Joanne E. Kellett;Montserrat Balsells;Apolonia García-Patterson

  • Associations of maternal fish intake during pregnancy and breastfeeding duration with attainment of developmental milestones in early childhood: a study from the Danish National Birth Cohort

    Emily Oken;Marie Louise Østerdal;Matthew W Gillman;Vibeke K Knudsen

  • Validity of Preeclampsia-related Diagnoses Recorded in a National Hospital Registry and in a Postpartum Interview of the Women

    Åse K. Klemmensen;Åse K. Klemmensen;Sjurdur F. Olsen;Marie Louise Østerdal;Ann Tabor

  • Birth Weight and Systolic Blood Pressure in Adolescence and Adulthood: Meta-Regression Analysis of Sex- and Age-specific Results from 20 Nordic Studies

    Michael Gamborg;Liisa Byberg;Finn Rasmussen;Per Kragh Andersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge E. Chavarro
Jorge E. Chavarro Harvard University
Tine Brink Henriksen
Tine Brink Henriksen Aarhus University Hospital
Cuilin Zhang
Cuilin Zhang National Institutes of Health
Allan Vaag
Allan Vaag Steno Diabetes Center
Frank B. Hu
Frank B. Hu Harvard University
Jørn Olsen
Jørn Olsen Aarhus University
James L. Mills
James L. Mills National Institutes of Health
Peter Damm
Peter Damm University of Copenhagen
Terence Dwyer
Terence Dwyer University of Oxford
Per Magnus
Per Magnus Norwegian Institute of Public Health

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