Institute of Sports Science & Clinical Biomechanics
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M
Tel. +45 6550 3457 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M
Tel. +45 6550 3457 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Personal link: http://www1.sdu.dk/health/iob/ansatte/karstenfroberg.html
Current position
2007 - Head of Centre of Research in Childhood Health (RICH - www.sdu.dk/rich ), University of Southern Denmark
Qualifications
1996 PhD equivalent, University of Southern Denmark
1972 Exam.scient., Sports Science and Physical Education, University of Southern Denmark, Odense
1970 Diploma in Sports Science, National Institute of Physical Education, Copenhagen
1966 School Teacher, Teacher Trainer Colleges Vordingborg
Awards
2009 The European Network for Sports Sciences, Education & Employment (ENSSEE) award for outstanding merits and services
2008 Research Fellow (FECCS), the European College of Sport Science
2008 EU ERASMUS award for running EU supported international educational programs
Administrative and scientific duties
2010 External consultant for the Icelandic Research Council.
2007 - External consultant for The Rome University ‘Foro Italico’.
2005-2011 External consultant for the Swedish Ministry of Education.
2004-2012 External consultant of the Portuguese Research Council.
2004-05 External consultant of the Swiss Sports Science Research Council.
2003-07 Initiator and member of the Steering Group of the EU supported
SocratesThematic Network project AEHESIS (http://www.aehesis.de ).
SocratesThematic Network project AEHESIS (http://www.aehesis.de ).
2001-03 Board member of the Elite sport Institution Team Denmark
2000- Initiator and board member of the Copenhagen Schoolchild
Intervention Study.
Intervention Study.
1999-03 President of the European Network of Sport Sciences, Education &
Employment (ENSSEE).
1995 - Member and since 2010 Head of the Scientific Board of the European
Youth Heart Study.
Youth Heart Study.
1992 - External consultant, the National Board of Health in DK.
1990-95 Project coordinator of The Svendborg School Intervention Project.
1985-90 Co-initiator and Scientific Board Member of the Odense School Child
Study.
Study.
1970-2008 Head of Institute and Director of Studies in shorter or longer periods,
University of Southern Denmark.
University of Southern Denmark.
Reviewing
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 (DK), The Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation, Diabetologia, European Physical Education Review, Obesity Reviews.
Supervisor and co-supervisor of 15 PhD students and 30 master and pre-graduate students.
Invited speaker and chair at more than 50 national and international scientific conferences the last 7 years.
The RICH Centre, staff and grants
The centre was initiated in 2007. It’s based on grants from national, private and governmental research foundations and has received around 6,5 million EURO until now.
The staff of the centre includes at the moment 2 professors, 4 associate professor, 2 secretaries, 1 postdoc, 3 research assistants and 14 PhD students.
150 per review articles all together.
Selected publications:
Selected publications:
- Ried-Larsen M, Grøntved A, Froberg K, Ekelund U, Andersen LB. Physical activity intensity and subclinical atherosclerosis in Danish adolescents: The European Youth Heart Study. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2013 Jan 22. doi: 10.1111/sms.12046. [Epub ahead of print]
- Grøntved A, Ried-Larsen M, Møller NC, Kristensen PL, Wedderkopp N, Froberg K, Hu FB, Ekelund U, Andersen LB. Youth screen-time behaviour is associated with cardiovascular risk in young adulthood: the European Youth Heart Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2012 Jul 5. [Epub ahead of print]
- Østergaard L, Grøntved A, Børrestad L AB, Froberg K, Gravesen M, Andersen LB. 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. J Phys Act Health. 2012, Jul;9(5):617-25
- Morrison KM, Bugge A, El-Naaman B, Eisenmann JC, Froberg K, Pfeiffer KA, Andersen LB .Inter-relationships among physical activity, body fat, and motor performance in 6- to 8-year-old danish children. Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2012 May;24(2):199-209
- Ekelund U, Luan J, Sherar LB, Esliger DW, Griew P, Cooper A; International Children's Accelerometry Database (ICAD) Collaborators. Moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents. JAMA. 2012 Feb 15;307(7):704-12
- Bugge A, El-Naaman B, Dencker M, Froberg K, Holme IM, McMurray RG, Andersen LB. Effects of a 3-year intervention: The Copenhagen School Child Intervention Study. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2012 Jan 31. [Epub ahead of print
- Bugge A, El-Naaman B, G McMurray R, Froberg K, Nielsen CH, Müller K, Andersen LB. Sex Differences in the Association between Level of Childhood Interleukin-6 and Insulin Resistance in Adolescence. Exp Diabetes Res. 2012;2012:859186. Epub 2012 Jan 5
- Andersen LB, Wedderkopp N, Kristensen P, Moller NC, Froberg K, Cooper AR, Cycling to school and cardiovascular risk factors: a longitudinal study. J Phys Act Health. 2011 Nov;8(8):1025-33.
- Grøntved A, Steene-Johannessen J, Kynde I, Franks PW, Helge JW, Froberg K, Anderssen SA, Andersen LB. Association between plasma leptin and blood pressure in two population-based samples of children and adolescents. J Hypertens. 2011 Jun;29(6):1093-100.
- Dencker M, Hermansen B, Bugge A, Froberg K, Andersen LB. Predictors of VO2Peak in Children Age 6-7-Years-Old. Pediatric Exercise Science, 2011, 23, 87-96.
- Grøntved A, Brage S, Møller NC, Kristensen PL, Wedderkopp N, Froberg K, Andersen LB. Hemodynamic variables during exercise in childhood and resting systolic blood pressure levels 6 years later in adolescence: the European Youth Heart Study. J Hum Hypertens. 2010 Nov 11.
- Froberg K, Andersen LB. School Age Children, Physical Activity and Fitness and Health. Contemporary Issues in Physical Education. Edit. Hardman K, Green K. Meyer & Meyer Verlag, 2011. Chapter 13, 232-48. ISBN 978-1-84126-312-0.
- Dencker M, Bugge A, Hermansen B, Froberg K, Andersen LB. Aerobic fitness in prepubertal children according to level of body fat. Acta Paediatr. 2010 Dec;99(12):1854-60.
- Møller NC, Grøntved A, Wedderkopp N, Ried-Larsen M, Kristensen PL, Andersen LB, Froberg K. Cardiovascular disease risk factors and blood pressure response during exercise in healthy children and adolescents: the European Youth Heart Study. J Appl Physiol. 2010 Oct;109(4):1125-32. Epub 2010 Jul 15.
- Kristensen PL, Moeller NC, Korsholm L, Kolle E, Wedderkopp N, Froberg K, Andersen LB. The association between aerobic fitness and physical activity in children and adolescents: the European youth Heart Study. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2010 May 11. [Epub ahead of print].
- Adegboye AR, Anderssen SA, Froberg K, Sardinha LB, Heitmann BL, Steene-Johannessen J, Kolle E, Andersen LB. Recommended aerobic fitness level for metabolic health in children and adolescents: a study of diagnostic accuracy. Br J Sports Med. 2010 Jun 17. [Epub ahead of print]
- Adegboye AR, Andersen LB, Froberg K, Sardinha LB, Heitmann BL. Linking definition of childhood and adolescent obesity to current health outcomes. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2009 Jul 22:1-13. [Epub ahead of print]
- Groentved A, Skoett Petersen G, Andersen LB, Kristensen PL, Moeller NC, Froberg K. Personal Characteristics and Demographic Factors associated with objectively measured Physical Activity in Children attending Preschool. Pediatric Exercise Science 2009, 21, 208-19.
- Jørgensen T, Andersen LB, Froberg K, Maeder U, Smith LH, Aadahl M. Position statement: Testing physical condition in a population - how good are the methods? European Journal of Sport Science, Sep 2009; 9(5): 257-67.
- Moeller NC, Kristensen PL, Wedderkopp N, Andersen LB, Froberg K. Objectively measured habitual physical activity in 1997/1998 vs 2003/2004 in Danish children: The European Youth Heart Study. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2009 Feb;19(1):19-29.
- Jago R, Wedderkopp N, Kristensen PL, Møller NC, Andersen LB, Cooper AR, Froberg K. Six-Year Change in Youth Physical Activity and Effect on Fasting Insulin and HOMA-IR. Am J Prev Med. 2008 Dec;35(6):554-60.
- Andersen LB, Harro M, Sardinha L, Froberg KF, Ekelund U, Brage S, Anderssen SA. Physical activity and clustered cardiovascular risk in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study). Lancet 2006 Jul 22;368(9532):299-304.
- Froberg K, Andersen LB. Mini Review: Physical activity and fitness and its relations to cardiovascular disease risk factors in children. International Journal of Obesity (2005) 29, S34-S39.