Elisabet Rothenberg, is registered dietitian (RD) and Professor in geriatric nutrtition at the department of Health Sciences at the University of Kristianstad, where she has been employed since 2014. In 1997, she defended her dissertation at Gothenburg University on the subject ”Nutrition in the elderly. Dietary intake and dietary assessment methods”. Prior to her current role, she was Chief Dietitian (1997-2010) and worked as an Operational Developer focusing on patient safety at Sahlgrenska Hospital. In addition, Elisabet has extensive experience of clinical work within elderly care as well at hospital as at nursing homes.

Since 2016, Elisabet has been chairman of SWESPEN  https://www.swespen.se/ , the Swedish branch of the European Nutrition Organization ESPEN (European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism).  She is also a member of the ESPEN council https://www.espen.org/  and participates in the development of guidelines for clinical nutrition.

Elisabet has a senior role in the Swedish Dietitian Organization (DRF), an organisation she chaired for 16 years. She is an active participant in the European Federation of Dietitians' Associations (EFAD) http://www.efad.org/en-us/home/  work and in the international expert group for an American dietitian organization, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) https://www.eatright.org/  work with SNOMED CT https://www.snomed.org/ .

Elisabet’s subject of research is in the field of Geriatric Nutrition: Energy & Nutritional requirements and body composition, in relation to health during aging. Elisabet is active in the research group Center for Aging and Health (Age Cap) https://www.gu.se/en/agecap  where she studies the connection between nutrition, body composition and physical function from the database provided by the Gothenburg H70 birth cohort studies.

Currently, Elisabet is responsible for the Forte-funded project Senior alert - a means for better care in collaboration (SeSAM) https://www.senioralert.se/forskning/sesam/ .During a period of four years, the research group will conduct four sub-studies to study factors that build support and obstacles for Senior alert. The aim of the project is to develop an efficient and powerful care prevention process and model which promotes successful collaboration between different stakeholders. The project is funded under Forte’s division "Care and care in collaboration - for an equal, participatory and dignified aging in 2021".

She is also leading the FORKH founded project "Translation and Cultural adaptation of the Malnutrition Awareness Scale to a Swedish setting" together with Jenny McGreevy RD, Ph. Lic., Clinical Dietitian, Region Sörmland, Sarah Forsberg, Ph.D, Senior Lecturer in Food and Meal Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Kristianstad University, Albert Westergren, RN, Ph.D., Professor at Kristianstad University and Health Care Strategist in Region Skåne.

Another Senior alter research project she invloved in is the Orangy study in a collaboration with the company Pfizer and some Swedish and German geriatricians. The aim is, in a longitudinal real-world observational study, examine the prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of anorexia of ageing among nursing home residents aged ≥65 years, with and without dementia respectlively in Sweden using data from a national quality improvement registry. 

She one of the supervisors for the PhD student Julie Johannesson studien dietairy habits and its realtion to frailty on older adults.

She is involved in a reseaerch project led by Mikaela Willmer at University of Gävle studing studying he reflections and experiences of healthcare staff regarding disordered eating behaviors among older persons in residential care.

She is also leading the FORKH founded project "Translation and Cultural adaptation of the Malnutrition Awareness Scale to a Swedish setting" together with Jenny McGreevy RD, Ph. Lic., Clinical Dietitian, Region Sörmland, Sarah Forsberg, Ph.D, Senior Lecturer in Food and Meal Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Kristianstad University, Albert Westergren, RN, Ph.D., Professor at Kristianstad University and Health Care Strategist in Region Skåne.

She part of a group Swedish researcher writing a scoping review mapping the evidence concerning tools with which to identify and grade frailty among people 65 years of age and older with respect to accuracy and feasibility/ clinical usefulness. The group is led by the geriatrician Anne Ekdahl.

She is one of the supervisors in a group of young researchers from the Scandivian countries studing the prevealence of fraitly at Stockholms sjukhem (nursinghome).

At present she is writing a scientific report on fodd and nutrition for older frail people for the Swedish Food Agency.

Doctoral degree

Thesis (1997-06-02): Nutrition in the elderly. Dietary Intake and Dietary Assessment Methods. avdelningen för geriatrisk medicin och klinisk nutrition, medicinska fakulteten, Göteborgs universitet. Supervisors: Professor Bertil Steen MD, Med.Dr. and Ingvar Bosaeus MD, Med.Dr.

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Docent-level comptence

Clinical Nutrition, Sahlgrenska Acadmy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, 2012 https://medarbetarportalen.gu.se/sahlgrenskaacademy/employment-hr/akademisk-personal/docenter/

Professor-level competence

Professor in Geriatric Nutrition at Kristianstad University 2024-03-01

Expert appointments:

• EFAD (European Federation of Associations of Dietitians) expert of malnutrition 2010-
• Expert group food and health, Swedish National food administration 2008 - 2022 (when the group was disbanded)
• National Guidelines for disease prevention, The National Board of Health and Welfare 2008-2010
• Expert, Nutrition for good health and social care. For The National Board of Health and Welfare 2009-2011
• Disease related malnutrition, The National Board of Health and Welfare 2009-2011
• Expert scientific evidence in the subject area "Special nutritional needs of frail older adults". The National Food Agency 2010
• Senior Alert quality register, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions 2010-
• The Swedish Higher Education Authority, evaluation higher education within nutrition 2013 – 2014
• JRC Science for policy report Feasibility study on adults Ispra, 23rd-24th October 2014
• Scientific advisory board for the platform for Collaboration for Health, Kristianstad University 2016-
• Affiliation Clinical Nutrition, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm 2016-2020
• Expert revision of Nutrition for good health and social care. For The National Board of Health and Welfare 2016-2017
• Expert updating and supplementing scientific evidence in the subject area "Special nutritional needs of frail older adults". The National Food Agency 2016
• Expert evaluating Project Proposal for the Czech Research Council 2016
• Member of the Scientific board Research Platform for Collaboration for Health. Kristianstad University 2016-2021 Including review research proposals and applications for positions as doctoral students.
• Expert reviewer University Lecturer (ORU 2.2.1-02345/2017)  School of Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Meal Science, Örebro University 2017
• Expert Nutrition terminology. For The National Board of Health and Welfare 2019
• Expert reviewer University Lecturer (UFV-PA 2018/4317),   Department of food studies, nutrition and dietetics, Uppsala University 2019
• Scientific Council The National Board of Health and Welfare: Clinical Nutrition, Malnutrition and Older Adults 2019-
• Leading quality evaluation of the master program in Integrated Health Science, Kristianstad University, 2020
• Expert reviewer, Professor in Nutrition Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition (Reference number 2-671/2019) 2021. 18 applicants
• Expert reviewer, Associate Senior Lecturer in Medical Research Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, (Reference number PA 2021/2521) 2021
• Elector, the electors assembly and member of the Nomination Committee for the Swedish Research Council of Health, Working life and Welfare 2021
• Led the work on evaluating the application for a new dietitian education program from Linnaeus University the Swedish Higher Education Authority 2023
• Member of the professional advisory group for the doctoral program Intergrated sustainability into nutrition care (InSyNC), financed by Forte

Publications

96 Abstracts, peer reviewed

68 Original papers, peer reviewed

21 Review articles including guidelines, peer reviews

2  Editorials

3 Editor text books

6  Text book chapters in English

46 Text book chapters including comple text books

91 Audiovisual material, reports, information material and web pages

18 Reports and other scientific works

7  Instruction material

45 Popular Science and Newspaper articles

Publications at Gothenburg Univeristy

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Five most cited papers 230804

ESPEN guidelines on definitions and terminology of clinical nutrition

Cederholm, T; Barazzoni, R; (...); Singer, P

Feb 2017 | CLINICAL NUTRITION 36 (1) , pp.49-64  Citations 1045

An 18-year follow-up of overweight and risk of Alzheimer disease

Gustafson, D; Rothenberg, E; (...); Skoog, I

Jul 14 2003 | ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 163 (13) , pp.1524-1528 Citations 598

Insufficient nutritional knowledge among health care workers?

Mowe, M; Bosaeus, I; (...); Irtun, O

Apr 2008 | CLINICAL NUTRITION 27 (2) , pp.196-202 Citations 166

Body mass index, weight change and mortality in the elderly. A 15y longitudinal population study of 70y olds

Dey, DK; Rothenberg, E; (...); Steen, B

Jun 2001 | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION 55 (6) , pp.482-492  Citations 154

Height and body weight in the elderly. I. A 25-year longitudinal study of a population aged 70 to 95 years

Dey, DK; Rothenberg, E; (...); Steen, B

Dec 1999 | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION 53 (12) , pp.905-914 Citations 109

Skin wrinkling: Can food make a difference?

Purba, MB; Kouris-Blazos, A; (...); Wahlqvist, ML

Feb 2001 | JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NUTRITION 20 (1) , pp.71-80 Citations 66

Referee

Reviewed 107 papers for 35 different peer-reviewed journals

Member of an editorial board

Dietist Aktuellt 2004 – 2019

Froniters in Nutrition 22-

Guest editor

I vården 2010 theme Geriatric Nutrition

Nutrients 2021 theme Health promotion in a life span perspective

Clinical Nutrition Open Science 2022 theme Body and mind in ageing – what is the role of nutrition?

Member of the reviewer board

Nutrients 2000

Currently I have a position as Professor at Kristianstad University at department of Food and Meal Science with responsibility for the part of the education within food and meal science concerning nutrition and health. I am course coordinator for the Master course Research design 

Scientific collaboration

Nationally, in Sweden:

- The Age-Cap group lead by (PI) professor Ingemar Skoog, Gothenburg University.

- SeSam, a Forte financed research project, in conjunction with professor Helle Wijk, Annette Erichsen Andersson, Gothenburg University, PhD Martina Boström, Region Jönköping; Associate professor Åsa Larsson Ranada, Head of Unit Occupation Therapy, Department Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV), Linköping University; PhD Pia Skott, Folktandvården Stockholm.

- Translation and Cultural adaptation of the Malnutrition Awareness Scale to a Swedish setting, funded by FORKH at Kristianstad University. Collaboraters Jenny McGreevy RD, Ph. Lic., Clinical Dietitian, Region Sörmland, Sarah Forsberg, Ph.D, Senior Lecturer in Food and Meal Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Kristianstad University and Albert Westergren, RN, Ph.D., Professor at Kristianstad university and Health care strategist in Region Skåne.

- MEAL, a research group at Kristianstad University, lead by Karin Wendin professor in Food and Meal Science.

- Frail older adults (NAG Skörhet), a national working group lead by Med Dr Anne Ekdal, with the aims of writing a scoping review over various frailty instruments.

- Regional care program dysphagia, Regions Skåne

International collaborations involves:

- A project on Maluntrition, financed by the international Pharmaceutical company Pfizer, with professor Tommy Cederholm, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Angelo Modica, Sr medical advisor at Pfizer, Lars Lindhagen Uppsala Research Center, Uppsala University and the international team at Pfizer.

- Multiple collaborations within The European Association of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) with the purpose of establishing various nutritional guide lines.

- Multiple collaborations within The European Association Federation of the Associations of Dietitans (EFAD) with the purpose to imporive nutritional care in Europe

- Professor Marjolein Visser The Dutch MAS team / Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and collegues