CURA's ® expert panel
CURA of Sweden has a long-term ambition to improving public health by improving the quality of sleep for those who seek it. We are proud to have established an expert panel consisting of a number of renowned authorities on the subject.
- TORBJÖRN ÅKERSTEDT
- Professor at the Karolinska Institute and Stress Research Institute.
- KERSTIN UVNÄS MOBERG
- Doctor and professor whose research focuses on the feel-good hormone.
- BERIT SEIGER CRONFALK
- Qualified Nurse, docent and lecturer at Ersta Sköndal Bräcke university, as well as the NVS Institute at the Karolinska Institute.
- KERSTIN MALMBERG
- Senior doctor at the neuropsychiatric unit at Astrid Lindgren's children's hospital in Solna.
- SOPHIE EKMAN
- Municipality school doctor for over 30 years and honorary doctor at the Karolinska Institute.
- CLAUDE MARCUS
- Professor and one of Sweden's leading obesity experts.
- MARGIT LEIST HAGSTRÖM
- Qualified midwife, authorized sexual consultant (NACS) and CBT therapist
Sleep is important for your weight
Several studies show a link between sleep and weight gain. Professor Claude Marcus, one of Sweden's leading experts on obesity, explains that restless sleep or too little sleep increases feelings of hunger and makes it easier to gain weight. Read more
