Gun Roos

About

Gun Roos is a nutritional anthropologist by training and she has been employed as Senior Researcher at SIFO since 1999. She holds a Ph.D. in nutritional anthropology on children’s food culture from the University of Kentucky. She is especially interested in interdisciplinary research addressing social and cultural aspects of food, health-related lifestyles and how different groups perceive and consume food in their everyday lives. She has researched and published on topics related to food and social inequalities, gender, children, migration, food labelling, nutrition policy and Norwegian food.

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Other subjects within cultural studies Humanities Sociology Gynaecology and obstetrics Midical sciences Cultural studies

Subject areas

Social inequalities Nutritional anthropology Food consumption Gender and food Nutrition policy

Research groups

Consumption Policy and Economy

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Food security among refugees and asylum seekers in Norway
The aim of the project is to investigate the prevalence of food insecurity and factors associated among asylum seekers and refugees in Norway.

Completed research projects

Food2Gather: Exploring foodscapes as public places for integration
FOOD2GATHER investigates the roles food play in creating public spaces, shaping opportunities for communication and relations between places and the peoples that inhabit it.
Healthy Eating: Utopia or a Contemporary Must
The project explores the questions of healthy eating, obesity, and the influence of advertisements on consumption of food by adolescents and young people in Norway and the Czech Republic.
Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) – Public policies addressing health-related behaviours in Europe
The Joint Programming Initiative a Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life (JPI HDHL) brings together 26 countries that align research programming and fund new research to prevent or minimise diet-related chronic diseases.
Strength2Food: Food quality for sustainability and health
Strength2Food assesses the impacts, exchanges knowledge, and informs policy making on sustainable food chains.

Scientific publications

Roos, Gun ; Amilien, Virginie (2025). Everyday food practices: GI products, sustainable consumption and health. Vandecandelaere, Emilie; Marie-Vivien, Delphine; Thévenod-Mottet, Erik; Bouhaddane, Maria; Pieprzownik, Valerie; Tartanac, Florence (Ed.). Worldwide perspectives on geographical indications: Crossed views between researchers, policy makers and practitioners. p. 385-394. Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-

Sawyer, Alexia D. M.; van Lenthe, Frank; Kamphuis, Carlijn; Bengoechea, Enrique Garcia; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Terragni, Laura ; Volf, Kevin; Roos, Gun ; Woods, Catherine; Forberger, Sarah; Scheidmeir, Marie; Langøien, Lars Jørun; Neumann-Podczaska, Agnieszka; Wieczorowska-Tobis, Katarzyna; Stronks, Karien (2024). Hypothetical mechanisms driving physical activity levels in ethnic minority groups living in Europe: a systematically identified evidence-based conceptual systems model. 17 p. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Vol. 21.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-024-01626-2

Torheim, Liv Elin ; Løvhaug, Anne Lene ; Huseby, Camilla Sanne; Henjum, Sigrun ; Terragni, Laura ; Poelman, Maartje; Harrington, Janas M.; Vandevijvere, Stefanie; Roos, Gun (2023). Evaluation and prioritization of food environment policies in Norway using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). Food & Nutrition Research (FNR). Vol. 67.
https://doi.org/10.29219/fnr.v67.9117

Djojosoeparto, Sanne K.; Kamphuis, Carlijn B.M.; Harrington, Janas M.; Løvhaug, Anne Lene ; Roos, Gun ; Sawyer, Alexia; Stronks, Karien; Terragni, Laura ; Torheim, Liv Elin ; Vandevijvere, Stefanie; Poelman, Maartje; van Lenthe, Frank J. (2022). How theory can help to understand the potential impact of food environment policies on socioeconomic inequalities in diet: an application of Bourdieu's capital theory and the scarcity theory. European Journal of Public Health. Vol. 32.
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac052

Pineda, Elisa; Poelman, Maartje; Aaspõllu, Anu; Bica, Margarida; Bouzas, Cristina; Carrano, Elena; De Miguel-Etayo, Pilar; Djojosoeparto, Sanne; Gabrijelčič Blenkuš, Mojca; Graca, Pedro; Geffert, Karin; Hebestreit, Antje; Helldán, Anni; Henjum, Sigrun ; Huseby, Camilla Sanne; Gregorio, Maria Joao; Kamphuis, Carlijn B.M.; Laatikainen, Tiina; Løvhaug, Anne Lene ; Leydon, Clarissa; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Mäki, Päivi; Martinez, J. Alfredo; Raulio, Susanna; Romaniuk, Piotr; Roos, Gun ; Salvador, Clara; Sassi, Franco; Silano, Marco; Sotlar, Ingrid; Specchia, Maria Lucia; de Arriaga, Miguel Telo; Terragni, Laura ; Torheim, Liv Elin ; Tur, Joseph A.; von Philipsborn, Peter; Harrington, Janas M.; Vandevijvere, Stefanie (2022). Policy implementation and priorities to create healthy food environments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI): A pooled level analysis across eleven European countries. 24 p. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100522

Løvhaug, Anne Lene ; Granheim, Sabrina Ionata De Oliveira; Djojosoeparto, Sanne K.; Harrington, Janas M.; Kamphuis, Carlijn B.M.; Poelman, Maartje; Roos, Gun ; Sawyer, Alexia; Stronks, Karien; Torheim, Liv Elin ; Twohig, Cliona; Vandevijvere, Stefanie; van Lenthe, Frank J; Terragni, Laura (2022). The potential of food environment policies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in diets and to improve healthy diets among lower socioeconomic groups: an umbrella review. BMC Public Health.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12827-4

Ahrens, Wolfgang; Brenner, Hermann; Flechtner-Mors, Marion; Harrington, Janas M.; Hebestreit, Antje; Kamphuis, Carlijn B.M.; Kelly, Liam; Laxy, Michael; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Mazzocchi, Mario; Murrin, Celine M.; Poelman, Maartje; Steenhuis, Ingrid; Roos, Gun ; Steinacker, Juergen M.; van Lenthe, Frank; Zeeb, Hajo; Zukowska, Joanna; Lakerveld, Jeroen; Woods, Catherine (2022). Dietary behaviour and physical activity policies in Europe: learnings from the Policy Evaluation Network (PEN). European Journal of Public Health. Vol. 32.
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac148

Amilien, Virginie ; Discetti, Roberta; Lecoeur, Jean-Loup; Roos, Gun ; Tocco, Barbara; Gorton, Matthew; Biasini, Beatrice; Menozzi, Davide; Duboys de Labarre, Matthieu; Filipović, Jelena; Meyer, Kathrin Barbara; Török, Áron; Veljković, Saša; Wavresky, Pierre; Haugrønning, Vilde ; Csillag, Péter; Simons, Johannes; Ognjanov, Galjina (2022). European food quality schemes in everyday food consumption: An exploration of sayings and doings through pragmatic regimes of engagement. 13 p. Journal of Rural Studies. Vol. 95.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.09.009

Roos, Gun (2022). "Heavy food" and "being in nature": revisiting male manual workers' narratives of food, work and health. Fournier, Tristan; Delgalarrondo, Sebastien (Ed.). Rewilding food and the self: critical conversations from Europoe. p. 161-166. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003243496

Sawyer, Alexia; Lenthe, Frank van; Kamphuis, Carlijn B.M.; Terragni, Laura ; Roos, Gun ; Poelman, Maartje; Nicolaou, Mary; Waterlander, Wilma; Djojosoeparto, Sanne K.; Scheidmeir, Marie; Neumann-Podczaska, Agnieszka; Stronks, Karien (2021). Dynamics of the complex food environment underlying dietary intake in low-income groups: a systems map of associations extracted from a systematic umbrella literature review. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01164-1

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Research reports

Skuland, Silje Elisabeth ; Alecu, Andreea Ioana ; Kok, Erlend Hua Lun ; Ansteensen, Ann-Kristin ; Roos, Gun ; Lynum, Markus ; Blomberg, Lilli (2024). Utredning av kunnskapsgrunnlaget for sosialhjelsatser. ISBN: 978-82-7063-571-9. 103 p. SIFO/OsloMet.

Skuland, Silje Elisabeth ; Alecu, Andreea I. ; Kok, Erlend Hua Lun ; Ansteensen, Ann-Kristin ; Roos, Gun ; Lynum, Markus ; Blomberg, Lilli Wolland (2024). Utredning av kunnskapsgrunnlaget for sosialhjelpssatser. SIFO-rapport nr. 5-2024. ISBN: 978-82-7063-571-9. 103 p. Forbruksforskningsinstituttet SIFO, OsloMet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3128755

Amilien, Virginie ; Lassen, Kjersti ; Roos, Gun ; Torjusen, Hanne ; Vittersø, Gunnar ; Kabelvåg tenkegryte, Kabelvåg (2024). "Lofoten som bærekraftig matdestinasjon Innblikk fra et seminar og en rundtur" av Kabelvåg tenkegryte. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.

Roos, Gun ; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad ; Laitala, Kirsi ; Haugrønning, Vilde ; Bugge, Annechen Bahr ; Skuland, Silje Elisabeth ; Steinnes, Kamilla Knutsen ; Teigen, Helene Maria Fiane (2020). Barn og unges forbruk: klær, mat og kropp. ISBN: 978-82-7063-516-0. 180 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/6458

Torheim, Liv Elin ; Løvhaug, Anne Lene ; Huseby, Camilla Sanne; Terragni, Laura ; Henjum, Sigrun ; Roos, Gun (2020). Sunnere matomgivelser i Norge. Vurdering av gjeldende politikk og anbefalinger for videre innsats. Food-EPI 2020. ISBN: 978-82-8364-257-5. 34 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://uni.oslomet.no/se/medier/food-epi-rapporte

Hartmann, Monika; Yeh, Ching-Hua; Amilien, Virginie ; Čeliković, Zorica; Csillag, Peter; Filipović, Jelena; Giraud, Georges; Gorton, Matthew; Kuč, Vukasin; Menozzi, Davide; Poschwatta, O; Quarrie, Steve; Roos, Gun ; Saidi, Monia; Tocco, Barbara; Török, Aaron; Veneziani, Mario; Vreden, T (2019). Report on quantitative research findings on European consumers’ perception and valuation of EU food quality schemes as well as their confidence in such measures. 230 p. Strength2Food H2020.
https://www.strength2food.eu/2019/02/28/report-on-

Roos, Gun ; Laitala, Kirsi ; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad ; Austgulen, Marthe Hårvik ; Borgeraas, Elling Martin (2018). Kartlegging av ekstrautgifter. Utgifter til mat for personer med cøliaki og andre diagnosegrupper og til klær og sko for personer med sykdommer eller lidelser som fører til ekstraordinær slitasje på klær eller sengetøy. ISBN: 82-7063-473-5. 66 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/5359

Amilien, Virginie ; Roos, Gun ; arfini, Filippo; Biasini, Beatrice; Csillag, Peter; De Labarre Duboys, Matthieu; Filipović, Jelena; Haugrønning, Vilde ; La Spina, Matteo; Menozzi, Davide; Meyer, Kathrin; Ognjanov, Galjina; Simons, Johannes; Tocco, Barbara; Torok, Aaron; Veljković, Sasa; Wavresky, Pierre; Vukasin, Kuc (2018). ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY: Qualitative Research Findings on European Consumers’ Food Practices Linked to Sustainable Food Chains and Food Quality Schemes - Deliverable 8.2 Strength2Food. 178 p. EU Commission. https://www.strength2food.eu/wp-content/uploads/20

Haugrønning, Vilde ; Amilien, Virginie ; Roos, Gun (2018). Quality labels lost in everyday food consumption - -An ethnographic study of six Norwegian households food practices linked to Food Quality Schemes and sustainable food chains. 102 p. CONSUMPTION RESEARCH NORWAY.
https://www.strength2food.eu/wp-content/uploads/20

Tangeland, Torvald ; Roos, Gun ; Pettersen, Lene (2017). Likt for alle - En analyse av hvordan forbrukere med funksjonsnedsettelser kan sikres bedre tilgang til forbrukermarkeder. 36 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/5352

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Dissemination

Roos, Gun ; Alecu, Andreea Ioana ; Austgulen, Marthe Hårvik (2024). Economic costs to households raising a child with cerebral palsy. ESPAnet annual conference. University of Helsinki and University of Tampere.

Roos, Gun ; Alecu, Andreea Ioana ; Austgulen, Marthe Hårvik (2024). Everyday household costs of raising a child with cerebral palsy. 17th European Public Health conference. European Public Health Association.

Austgulen, Marthe Hårvik ; Alecu, Andreea I. ; Roos, Gun (2024). Economic costs of raising a child with ADHD: A needs-based approach. NNFF 10. nasjonale forskningskonferanse. Norsk nettverk for forskning om funksjonshemming.

Brekke, Idunn ; Vedeler, Janikke Solstad ; Albertini Früh, Elena ; Alecu, Andreea I. ; Anvik, Cecilie Høj; Austgulen, Marthe Hårvik ; Bjørnshagen, Vegar ; Dokken, Therese ; Evensen, Miriam; Finnvold, Jon Erik ; Hermansen, Åsmund ; Holmstrøm, Henrik; Jacobsen, Sigurd Eid ; Joranger, Pål ; Roos, Gun ; Skjønsberg, Eia Elena ; Ugreninov, Elisabeth ; Wondemu, Michael Yisfashewa ; Østerud, Kaja Larsen (2024). Svikter velferdsstaten kvinner?. Fontene.

Lassen, Kjersti ; Vittersø, Gunnar ; Amilien, Virginie ; Torjusen, Hanne ; Roos, Gun (2023). Hvordan ser vi for oss et samfunn basert på lokal mat?.
https://www.oslomet.no/forskning/forskningsnyheter

Austgulen, Marthe Hårvik ; Roos, Gun ; Alecu, Andreea Ioana (2023). Incremental costs of raising a child with ADHD. Fagforum - psykisk og fysisk helse. Folkehelseinstituttet.

Alecu, Andreea Ioana ; Austgulen, Marthe Hårvik ; Lynum, Markus ; Roos, Gun (2023). Estimating direct and out-of-pocket costs of living with a disability: A review of the literature. NNDR 16th Research conference. Nordi Network on Disability Research.

Austgulen, Marthe Hårvik ; Roos, Gun ; Alecu, Andreea Ioana (2023). Everyday household costs of raising a child with ADHD. NNDR 16th Research conference. Nordi Network on Disability Research.

Terragni, Laura ; Roos, Gun (2023). Food as learning and integration:The experience of the "Healthy Start" initiative in Oslo. The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA).

Roos, Gun ; Amilien, Virginie ; Torjusen, Hanne ; Vittersø, Gunnar (2023). A quality scheme gaze at local food systems and supply chains in Norway. Local food systems, local food policies and public procurement of food and catering: When is local (more) sustainable?. Work Research Institute, OsloMet.

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Gun Roos

About

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Subject areas

Research groups

Consumption Policy and Economy

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Research reports

Dissemination