About
I work at OsloMet at the Department of Public Health Nutrition, where I teach Sociology of food consumption and qualitative methods. My main research interests include changes in food habits after migration, food security and nutrition communication towards minorities. I am also interested in how people cope with dietary changes in daily life and in ethical food consumption. I long experience with international research project. I was the leader of the first study on food security among asylum seekers in Norway and I am currently WP leader in the EU funded projekt Food2Gather.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Sociology of food Healthcare communication Migration health Disease prevention
Research groups
Research projects
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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.
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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.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Bauch, Charlotte; Torheim, Liv Elin; Almendingen, Kari; Molin, Marianne; Terragni, Laura
(2023).
Food Habits and Forms of Food Insecurity among International University Students in Oslo: A Qualitative Study.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Vol. 20.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3055030
Kelly, Liam; Twohig, Cliona; Woods, Cathrine B.; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; Murrin, Celine M.; Lien, Nanna; Meshkovska, Biljana; Kamphuis, Carlijn B.M.; Poelman, Maartje; Terragni, Laura; Forberger, Sarah; Hebestreit, Antje; Ahrens, Wolfgang; Harrington, Janas M.
(2022).
Reaching consensus on definitions for food and physical activity policies: experience from the Policy Evaluation Network.
11 p.
European Journal of Public Health
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Vol. 32.
https://hdl.handle.net/10037/28411
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.
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.
Terragni, Laura; Rossi, Alessio; Miscali, Monica; Calogiuri, Giovanna
(2022).
Self-Rated Health Among Italian Immigrants Living in Norway: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Frontiers in Public Health
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Vol. 10.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3048018
Mauer, Sandra; Torheim, Liv Elin; Terragni, Laura (2022). Children’s Participation in Free School Meals: A Qualitative Study among Pupils, Parents, and Teachers. Nutrients . Vol. 14.
Dogan, Elisabeth Irene Karlsen; Terragni, Laura; Raustøl, Anne
(2022).
Human rights and nutritional care in nurse education: lessons learned.
Nursing Ethics
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Vol. 29.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2996052
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
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https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2984426
Terragni, Laura; Henjum, Sigrun (2021). Patire la fame nella culla del welfare. Uno studio sulla sicurezza alimentare dei richiedenti asilo nei centri di accoglienza norvegesi. Mondi Migranti.
Granheim, Sabrina Ionata; Løvhaug, Anne Lene; Terragni, Laura; Torheim, Liv Elin; Thurston, Miranda (2021). Mapping the digital food environment: A systematic scoping review. Obesity Reviews . Vol. 23.
