Sigmund A. Anderssen (born 26 September 1961) is a professor in physical activity and health in the Department of Sports Medicine at the

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (, NIH) is a public university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences. It provides education at the Bachelor, Mast ...

. He also holds a position as adjunct professor at

Sogn og Fjordane University College Sogn and Fjordane University College (, HiSF) was a Norwegian state institution of higher education, in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. The college is now part of Høgskulen på Vestlandet. History The university college's campuses were loca ...

, Faculty of Teacher Education and Sport. He is chair of the National Council on Physical Activity, and a past member of the Medical Council of the Norwegian Diabetes Federation. His main research area is physical fitness and physical activity surveillance, and physical activity in relation to risk factors for

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and

cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumati ...

. He has been one of the main authors of the Norwegian and the Nordic physical activity recommendations. He has published more than 100 original research articles, review papers and book chapters, in addition to two books. He was awarded The

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's prize in Preventive Medicine in 2001 and the Messner Prize in 2008 for excellence in research and ethics in sports medicine.

Education

1990 Master's degree thesis in work physiology, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NSSS) 1996 Ph.D., NSSS

Professional experience

* 1995–96 Associate professor, NCSS * 1997–2001 Scientific officer at Ullevål University Hospital and associate professor at NSSS * 2001–2006 Associate professor in physical activity and health at NSSS * 2006–current Professor, Department of Sports Medicine, at NSSS * 2010–current Adjunct professor, Sogn og Fjordane University College

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni Academic staff of the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences 1961 births