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Helseundersøkingane i Trøndelag (HUNT) er ei stor samling av helseopplysningar og blodprøvar som har som mål å finne ut kvifor nokre blir sjuke medan andre held seg friske, kva som påverkar helsa vår, og korleis helsa vår påverkar livet. Difor samlar vi opplysningar og biologisk materiale frå mange tusen trøndarar.

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Alle som deltok i ein UngHUNT‑undersøking før fylte 16 år deltok med samtykke frå sine føresette. Dette samtykket er framleis gjeldande, og dine data blir framleis brukte i helseforsking. Me sender i desse dagar ut ein SMS til mange UngHUNT-deltakarane, nettopp for å minna deg på kva du var med på, kva du og dine føresette samtykte til og informera om at det alltid er mogleg å be om innsyn i dine data eller trekkja samtykke og sletta desse.

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Utvalgte UngHUNT-publikasjoner

Rapportar

Bedre kunnskap om ungdommenes helse - Ung-HUNT 1995-2022 (pdf)

Ungdommers fritidsaktiviteter og kontakt med venner HUNT4 (pdf)

Selvopplevd helse, kroppsmasse og risikoatferd blant ungdom HUNT4

Artiklar

Aasan BEV, Lillefjell M, Krokstad S & Sund ER. 2024. Trends in social inequality and how mental wellbeing vary and covary among Norwegian adolescents and their families: the Young-HUNT Study. Scand. J. Public. Health. Nov 52(7) 861-867.

Aasan BEV, Lillefjell M, Skalická V, Krokstad S, Kvaløy K, Sund ER. Changes in family and school environment during the Covid-19 pandemic and their relationship with changes in psychological distress and loneliness among Norwegian adolescents: The HUNT study

SSM Popul Health. 2025 Feb 21;29:101767. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101767. eCollection 2025 Mar.PMID: 40093194

Aune et al., Mitigating adolescent social anxiety symptoms: the effects of social support and social self‑efficacy in findings from the Young‑HUNT 3 study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2021) 30:441–449

Baumann-Larsen M, Dyb G, Wentzel-Larsen T, et al. Exposure to traumatic events and use of over-the-counter analgesics in adolescents: cross-sectional findings from the Young-HUNT study. BMJ Open 2023;13:e066058. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-066058

Baumann-Larsen M, Storheim K, Stangeland H, et al. 2024. Childhood trauma and the use of opioids and other prescription analgesics in adolescence and young adulthood: The HUNT Study. Pain. 165(6): 1317-1326.

Bjerkan, M, Rangul V, Skjesol K, & Ulstad SO. (2022). Physical Activity and Depression/Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents – the Young-HUNT Study. Physical Activity and Health, 6(1), pp. 73–85. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ paah.185.

Brandkvist M, Bjørngaard JH, Ødegård RA, Brumpton B, Smith GD, Åsvold BO, et al. (2020) Genetic associations with temporal shifts in obesity and severe obesity during the obesity epidemic in Norway: A longitudinal population-based cohort (the HUNT Study). PLoS Med 17(12): e1003452. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pmed.1003452

Brandvist et al., 2020. Separating the genetics of childhood and adult obesity: a validation study of genetic scores for body mass index in adolescence and adulthood in the HUNT Study. Human Molecular Genetics, 2020, Vol. 29, No. 24.

Broekhof et al., Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and their co‑occurrence in a large population of adolescents: a Young HUNT 3 study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2022) 57:2359–2366.

Broekhof R, Nordahl HM, Tanum L & Selvik SG. 2023. Adverse childhood experiences and their association with substance use disorders in adulthood: A general population study (Young-HUNT). Addict Behav Rep. Mar 30:17:100488.

Burdzovic Andreas J, Torvik, Lund. 2022. Parental binge drinking and offspring’s high school non-completion: A prospective HUNT survey and educational registry study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 230 (2022) 109189.

Børte et al., Parental migraine in relation to migraine in offspring: Family linkage analyses from the HUNT Study. Cephalalgia 2019, Vol. 39(7) 854–862.

Evensen & Lyngstad. 2020. Mental health problems in adolescence, first births, and union formation: Evidence from the Young HUNT Study. Adv Life Course Res. 2020 Mar;43:100324.doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2020.100324. Epub 2020 Jan 30.

Gorosito MA, Berg B, Yazidi A, Hermansen Å, Øiestad BE, Grotle M, Richardsen KR, Haugerud H. Disability pension during emerging adulthood: Insights from the Young-HUNT study on psychological distress, chronic pain and policy reform. Int J Med Inform. 2026 Mar 1;207:106216. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2025.106216. Epub 2025 Dec 4.PMID: 41380455

Grotvedt L, Forsen L, Ariansen I, Graff-Iversen S, Lingaas Holmen T. Impact of snus use in teenage boys on tobacco use in young adulthood; a cohort from the HUNT Study Norway. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):1265.

Guddal MH, Stensland SO, Smastuen MC, Johnsen MB, Heuch I, Zwart JA, et al. Obesity in Young Adulthood: The Role of Physical Activity Level, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Psychological Distress in Adolescence (The HUNT-Study). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(12).

Hagman E, Halsteinli V, Putri RR, Hansen Edwards C, Waaler Bjørnelv G, Marcus C, Ødegård R. 2025. Association between adolescent obesity and early adulthood healthcare utilization-a two-cohort prospective study. BMC Med. 2025 Jan 21;23(1):33.doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-03866-w

Haugland SH et al., 2020. Parental alcohol intoxication and adverse health outcomes among offspring. A 4-year follow up HUNT study among 2399 Norwegian adolescents. Preventive Medicine Reports 20 (2020) 101170.

Haugland SH, Carvalho B, Strandheim A & Stea, TH. 2024. Parental Alcohol Intoxication, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Negative Psychological Reactions to Childhood Adversities: CrossSectional and Prospective Data from the Population-Based HUNT Study. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma (2024) 17:1225–1237 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-024-00651-4

Henriksen M, Skrove M, Hoftun GB, Sund E, Lydersen S, Tseng WL & Sukhodolsky. Developmental Course and Risk Factors of Physical Aggression in Late Adolescence. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. (2021) Aug;52(4):628-639.doi: 10.1007/s10578-020-01049-7

Hetlevik et al., 2020. Self-rated health in adolescence as a predictor of ‘multi-illness’ in early adulthood: A prospective registry-based Norwegian HUNT study. SSM - Population Health 11 (2020) 100604

Hovdenak et al. Time trends (1995–2008) in dietary habits among adolescents in relation to the Norwegian school fruit scheme: the HUNT study. Nutrition Journal (2019) 18:77 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-019-0501-z

Jahre H, Grotle M, Småstuen M, Guddal MH, Smedbråten K, Richardsen KR, et al. (2021) Risk factors and risk profiles for neck pain in young adults: Prospective analyses from adolescence to young adulthood—The North-Trøndelag Health Study. PLoS ONE 16(8): e0256006.

Junker et al., 2019. Adolescent personality traits, low self‑esteem and self‑harm hospitalisation: a 15‑year follow‑up of the Norwegian Young‑HUNT1 cohort. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2019) 28:329–339

Jystad I, Bjerkeset O, Haugan T, Sund ER and Vaag J (2021) Sociodemographic Correlates and Mental Health Comorbidities in Adolescents With Social Anxiety: The Young-HUNT3 Study, Norway. Front. Psychol. 12:663161. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.663161.

Jystad I, Haugan T, Bjerkeset O, Sund ER and Vaag J (2021) School Functioning and Educational Aspirations in Adolescents With Social Anxiety—The Young-HUNT3 Study, Norway. Front. Psychol. 12:727529. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727529

Jystad I, Haugan T, Bjerkeset O, Sund ER, Aune T, Nordahl HM & Vaag JR. School completion and progression to higher education in adolescents with social anxiety: a linkage between Young-HUNT3 and national educational data (2008–2019), Norway. BMC Public Health (2024) 24:833 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18271-w

Kvaløy et al., Underestimation of Overweight and Health Beneficial Outcomes in Two Adolescent Cohorts in Norway. The HUNT Study. Journal of Adolescent Health 69 (2021) 82e89.

Kvaløy K, Sund ER, Rimehaug T, Pape K, Ingul JM, Rangul V. Adolescents' health and well-being into the COVID-19 pandemic: A two-wave prospective investigation- The HUNT study

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2026 Apr;61(4):723-734. doi: 10.1007/s00127-025-02978-1. Epub 2025 Aug 18.PMID: 40826239

Kleppang et al. Physical activity, sugar-sweetened beverages, whole grain bread and insomnia among adolescents and psychological distress in adulthood: prospective data from the population-based HUNT study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2021) 18:143

Kleppang et al. Patterns of unhealthy behaviours during adolescence and subsequent anxiety and depression in adulthood: a prospective register linkage study of the HUNT survey and health registries. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2023) 20:6.

Kleppang AL, Hagquist C, Stea TH, Leonhardt M, Bonsaksen T, Lien L, Steigen AM. Social media use, gaming and quality of life among adulescents of Norway: Results from the Young-HUNT study. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2025 Oct 31;23(1):113. doi: 10.1186/s12955-025-02428-1.PMID: 41174604

Kongsvold A, Skarpsno ES, Flaaten M, Logacjov A, Bach K, Nilsen TIL, Mork PJ. Associations of sport and exercise participation in adolescence with body composition and device-measured physical activity in adulthood: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT study

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Mar 5;22(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s12966-025-01726-7.PMID: 40045311

Krokstad S, Weiss DA, Krokstad MA, et al. Divergent decennial trends in mental health according to age reveal poorer mental health for young people: repeated cross-sectional population-based surveys from the HUNT Study, Norway. BMJ Open 2022;12:e057654. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2021-057654.

Krokstad S, Sund ER, Kvaloy K, Rangul V, Naess M. HUNT for better public health. Scand J Public Health. 2022;50(7):968-71.

Krokstad MA, Sund ER, Rangul V, Bauman A, Olsson C, Bjerkeset O. Secular trends in risk factors for adolescent anxiety and depression symptoms: the Young‑HUNT studies 1995–2019, Norway. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-024-02373- 2

Lund et al., 2022. Parental drinking, mental health and education, and extent of offspring’s healthcare utilisation for anxiety/depression: A HUNT survey and registry study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 1–9.

Lund et al., 2019. Association of Constellations of Parental Risk With Children’s Subsequent Anxiety and Depression Findings From a HUNT Survey and Health Registry Study. JAMA Pediatr. 2019;173(3):251-259. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4360.

Marcuzzi A, Ferreira P, Mork PJ, Ferreira ML, Moe K, Gismervik S, Nordstoga AL, Lund Nilsen TI.PLoS Med. 2025 Oct 23;22(10):e1004763. Parental opioid prescriptions and the risk of opioid use in adolescents and young-adults: The HUNT Study with prescription registry data.

Myran L, Sun YQ, Dahllöf G, Willumsen T, Rønneberg A, Havnen A, Kvist T, Sen A, Høvik H. Associations of adverse childhood experiences with dental fear, and the mediating role of dental fear on caries experience: the Young-HUNT4 Survey. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Jul 10;25(1):1141. doi: 10.1186/s12903-025-06486-1.PMID: 40640784

Næss, M., Holmen, Sund ER, Vie GÅ, Bjørngaard JH, Åsvold BO, Holmen TL and K. Kvaloy. Intergenerational polygenic obesity risk throughout adolescence in a cross-sectional study design: The HUNT study, Norway. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021;29:1916–1924.

Parlikar N, Kvaløy K, Strand LB, Espnes GA & Moksnes UK. Loneliness in the Norwegian adolescent population: prevalence trends and relations to mental and self-rated health. BMC Psychiatry. 2023. Nov 30;23(1):895. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-05404-5.

Rangul V, Holmen TL, Langhammer A, Ingul JM, Pape K, Fenstad JS and Kvaløy K. Cohort Profile Update: The Young-HUNT Study, Norway. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2024, 53(1), dyae013 https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae013

Rangul, V.; Sund, E.R.; Ingul, J.M.; Rimehaug, T.; Pape, K.; Kvaløy, K. Exploring the Link Between Physical Activity, Sports Participation, and Loneliness in Adolescents Before and Into the COVID-19 Pandemic: The HUNT Study, Norway. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 1417. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph21111417

Redzovic SE, Johansen IJH, Bonsaksen T. Profiling adolescent participation in wildlife activities and its implications on mental health: evidence from the Young-HUNT study in Norway. Front Public Health. 2025 Mar 12;13:1517089. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1517089. eCollection 2025.PMID: 40144979

Saeedzadeh Sardahaee F, Holmen TL, Micali N, et al. Suicidal ideation in relation to disordered eating, body size and weight perception: a cross-sectional study of a Norwegian adolescent population: the HUNT Study. BMJ Open 2019;9:e029809. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-029809

Saeedzadeh Sardahaee F, Kvaløy K. Cross-sectional study of BMI, weight concern, body size perception, dieting and mental distress in adolescents: The HUNT Study. BMJ Open 2022;12:e045962. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2020-045962

Strømme SH, Guddal MH, Fenstad AM, et al. 2023. Musculoskeletal pain is not clearly associated with the risk of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in adolescents. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2023;9:e001453. doi:10.1136/ bmjsem-2022-001453

Van Lippevelde W, Vik FN, Wills AK, Strömmer ST, Barker ME, Skreden M, Anderson Berry A, Hanson C, Brantsæter AL, Hillesund ER, and Øverby NC. (2021) The impact of diet during adolescence on the neonatal health of offspring: evidence on the importance of preconception diet. The HUNT study. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease 12: 798–810. doi: 10.1017/S2040174420001087

Vie TL, Hufthammer KO, Meland E, Breidablik HJ. Self-rated health (SRH) in young people and causes of death and mortality in young adulthood. A prospective registry-based Norwegian HUNT-study. SSM Popul Health. 2019;7:100364.

Visnes, E. S., Hallan, A., Bomme, M., Holmberg, D., Møller-Hansen, J., Lagergren, J., & Ness-Jensen, E. (2024). Prevalence and risk factors of gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms among adolescents, the HUNT study. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 59(7), 816–820.

Vist Hagen R, Haga M, Sando OJ, Lorås H. Physical activity level and sport participation in association with academic achievement in physical education among adolescents

Front Sports Act Living. 2025 May 9;7:1564984. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1564984. eCollection 2025.PMID: 40416052

Wahlberg K, Selvik KLI, Braaten T, Kvaløy K, Vie GÅ, Bjerkeset O, Pape K. Associations of adolescents mental health and parental education with health care use: a cohort study based on data from the Young-HUNT study, Norway. BMJ Ment Health. 2025 Jun 26;28(1):e301508. doi: 10.1136/bmjment-2024-301508.

Wærholm et al. Can subjective well-being and body concern in adolescence predict prescribed medication in adulthood? Findings from the NordTrøndelag Health Study and the Norwegian Prescription Database. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2020; 48: 559–566

Ditt bidrag

Når vi veit meir om levekår og helse vil helsepersonell, folkehelseansvarlege og kvar enkelt av oss ha større moglegheit for å halde seg frisk, eller bli raskare frisk etter sjukdom. Ved å forske på dine helseopplysningar og blodprøvar kan vi:

følgje folkehelsa over tid
finne ut kva faktorar som fremjar helse og kva som kan forårsake sjukdom
finne genetiske årsaker til sjukdom
finne ut meir om korleis helse påverkar livsløp
forbetre folkehelsa gjennom opplysning til legar, myndigheiter med ansvar for helse og folk generelt
bidra til utvikling av nye medisinar
bidra til eit sunnare samfunn for alle

Som deltakar i HUNT bidreg du til eit utal forskingsprosjekt og mengder av vitskaplege publikasjonar som gir ny innsikt om helse og sjukdom. Skal ein utvikla kunnskap som kan bidra til at folk held seg friske må ein også forska på dei friske og heile breidda av befolkninga. Her ligg det store moglegheiter i det rike datamaterialet me forvaltar i HUNT.

Deltakarane - den viktigaste brikka

Deltakarane i HUNT er den viktigaste brikka i HUNT sin suksess. At så mange har stilt opp frivillig og gitt opplysningar og biologisk materiale er grunnlaget for all HUNT-forsking, og det er heilt unikt i verda. All forskinga generert gjennom HUNT har også ført til etablering av HUNT forskingssenter med ein toppmoderne biobank, databank, lagringssenter og høgt kvalifiserte tilsette.