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Karsten Froberg

Centerleder,
Associate Professor, Head Of Center
Exercise Epidemiology

Phone: 6550 3457 Mobile: 6011 3457

Fax: 6550 3480

Email:

Research areas

Health in Children and adolescents with special emphasis on physical activity, fitness and motor development.

Tasks

Head of Centre of Research in Childhood Health (RICH). (www.sdu.dk/rich)

International Coordinator, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics http://www.sdu.dk/Om_SDU/Institutter_centre/Iob_Idraet_og_biomekanik/Ledelse_administration/Raad_naevn_udvalg/InternationaltUdvalg

Nordplus-Idrott coordinator http://www.sdu.dk/nordplusidrott

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Curriculum Vitae for Karsten Froberg, Associate Professor
Head of Centre of Research in Childhood Health (RICH), Associate Professor, FECSS
Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark.
Phone +45 6550 3457 E-mail kfroberg@health.sdu.dk .
http://www.sdu.dk/ansat/kfroberg.aspx

Date of birth: 13.03.43
Education

1997 PhD equivalent
1972 Exam.Scient. University of Southern Denmark
1966 Schoolteacher, Teacher Training Colleges, Vordingborg
Professional Experience
2007 - Head of Centre of Research in Childhood Health
1984 - Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
1971-84 Lecturer, University of Southern Denmark 1971 -1984
1966-71 School teacher, Tommerup Skole 1966 -1971
Administrative and other duties
2007 - External consultant for The Rome University ‘Foro Italico’.
2005-07 External consultant for the Swedish Ministry of Education regarding the development of Sports Science in Sweden
2004 - External member of the Portuguese Research Council
2004-05 External consultant of the Swiss Sports Science Research Council
2003-07 Member of the Management Group of the EU supported Socrates Thematic
Network project AEHESIS (http://www.aehesis.de).
2000- Initiator and board member of the Copenhagen Schoolchild Intervention Study (CoSCIS)
1999-03 President of the European Network of Sport Sciences, Education and Employment
1995 - National coordinator, member of the scientific board, head of publication committee of the
European Youth Heart Study.
1992 - Expert consultant, the National Board of Health in DK (Sundhedsstyrelsen).
1990-95 Project coordinator of The Svendborg School Intervention Project
1985-90 Co-initiator and scientific board member, The Odense School Child Study
1970 -2008 Many times Head of Institute and Director of Studies in the mentioned period.
Scientific societies and awards
2009 The ENSSEE award for outstanding merits and services
2008 - FECSS European College of Sport Science
2008 EU ERASMUS award for running EU supported international educational programs
Scientific contributions
He has published 93 original papers, 26 secondary publications and 12 books and book chapters - a total of 129 publications.
Referee-assignments
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science of Sports, International Journal of Obesity, Pediatric Exercise Science, International Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Physical Activity and Health; British Medical Journal, European Journal of Applied Physiology, Medicina Sportiva, Acta Pædiatrica, Ugeskrift for Læger, The Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation, Diabetologia.
Invited speaker and chair at more than 45 national and international scient. conf. the last 5 years.

Affiliations

Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics - Associate Professor, Head Of Center
Research in Childhood Health (RICH) - Associate Professor, Head Of Center

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Cycling to School Is Associated With Lower BMI and Lower Odds of Being Overweight or Obese in a Large Population-Based Study of Danish Adolescents. / Østergaard, Lars; Grøntved, Anders; Bjørkelund, Line Anita; Froberg, Karsten ; Gravesen, Michael ; Andersen, Lars Bo .

I : Journal of Physical Activity & Health , 2012.