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Make the sensory testing fun for preadolescents! The use of gamification in the sensory test setup with children
By: Ervina (#ESR2) “Are you ready to become a taste detective?” that was the first phrase presented to…
Measuring basic tastes and fattiness sensitivity in preadolescents and the relation to children’s food liking
By: Ervina (#ESR2) Children have different perceptions on how they respond to taste. The same concentration of bitter…
A remote sensory testing during Covid-19 pandemic with preadolescents
In Autumn, 2020, Europe was hit by the second wave of Covid-19 with remarkable numbers of infected cases…
New paper: The Perceptions and Needs of French Parents and Pediatricians Concerning Information on Complementary Feeding
The importance of complementary feeding (CoF) for the establishment of healthy eating behaviors from infancy is well known.…
New paper: The influence of label information on the snacks parents choose for their children: Individual differences in a choice based conjoint test
Products targeted at children use several eye-catching elements to attract children and convey the idea that they are…
New paper: The role of peers, siblings and social media for children’s healthy eating socialization: a mixed methods study
Eating is More Than Food Only or why Social Context Matters for Your Child’s Healthy Development by Tija…
New paper: “Do children favor snacks and dislike vegetables? Exploring children’s food preferences using drawing as a projective technique. A cross-cultural study”
Draw me your dream meal. Healthy and sustainable, please! by Tija Ragelienė “If they could they would eat…
New paper: Can children use temporal sensory methods to describe visual and food stimuli?
Research suggests that children can use sensory temporal methods to describe visual stimuli, but refinements are needed for…
New paper: The Meaning of Emoji to Describe Food Experiences in Pre-Adolescents
Julia Sick (ESR3) recently published a paper on the meaning of emoji to describe food experiences in preadolescents…
New paper: Dutch Preadolescents’ Food Consumption at School
Roselinde van Nee (ESR4) published her first PhD paper in collaboration with her supervisors Ellen van Kleef and…
Oscar and Sophies’ vegetable friends
ESR8 Andreia and her supervisor, Jessica Aschemann-Witzel developed a storybook to increase children and fathers’ willingness to try new vegetables…
Video of father & daughter enjoying the superpowers of healthy eating!
Fifteen Danish families are taking part in “My daddy is a food explorer” – a food intervention for fathers&kids. In previous investigation Danish…
Secondment at the MAPP centre, Aarhus University, Denmark – Kaat Philippe (ESR7)
The year 2020 was a special year, and that’s even an understatement. The highly contagious coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 sparked…
Infographics: Recommendations on how to tackle nutrition issues among parents
A recent study suggest that parents feel overwhelmed wit online nutrition content about sugar and other dietary issues.…
New paper: Perspectives on sugar consumption expressed on social media by French-speaking and Danish-speaking parents
The results suggest that online nutrition content about sugar causes negative feelings and distress among parents The research…
Starting a new position during a pandemic
When I got offered the junior researcher position in Wageningen I got extremely excited. Just after completing my…
An Early Stage Researcher’s diary during corona times
Andreia (ESR8) have written a blog-post on her experiences during the Covid-19 situation: I feel lucky and in…
New paper: Do Basic Tastes and Fattiness Sensitivity Influence Food Liking in Preadolescents?
There have been different studies established in the field of taste sensitivity and food liking. However, it is…
PhD life: some anecdotes on struggles, growth and passion from ESR8-Andreia
Not every PhD is the same, that’s for sure. Factors like your university rules and regulations, your topic…
New paper: Preadolescents’healthy eating behavior:peeping through the social norms approach
Tija Rageliene (ESR9) recently published a paper one how social norms influence preadolescents eating behaviour in BMC public…
Foodwiser: A podcast with Edulia insights and beyond
ESR8-Andreia has created a series of short podcast episodes to share insights on how to deal with an…
New paper: How children approach a CATA test influences the outcome. Insights on ticking styles from two case studies with 6–9-year old children
Martina Galler (ESR1) recently published her first paper “How children approach a CATA test influences the outcome. Insights…
New paper: Early parenthood can represent either a downturn or an opportunity for healthy eating behaviours: Study results with practical guidance for health professionals
Andreia Ferreira Moura (ESR8) recently published her first Edulia paper in the journal Appetite. The paper is entitled…
New paper: Children’s selection of emojis to express food-elicited emotions in varied eating contexts
Julia Sick (ESR3) recently published her first paper within EDULIA in “Food Quality and Preference”. The paper is…
DO WE EAT HEALTHIER AFTER BECOMING PARENTS?
ESR8, Andreia F. Moura has conducted a literature review on barriers for healthy eating along the transition to…
Smell Detection Game and the Flavor vs Taste Experiment – different languages
In our tips to keep up healthy eating during quarantine, number 4 is “Play with your food, for…
Infographics: QUALITY FOOD TIME IN QUARANTINE – different languages
In this post, Edulias early stage researchers present 5 tips to make quality food time whilst in quarantine.…
Edulia presents: QUALITY FOOD TIME IN QUARANTINE
Staying at home for an extended period of time can be difficult, and healthy eating can be extra…
New paper: The influence of peers′ and siblings′ on children’s and adolescents′ healthy eating behavior
Eating together with friends is not always good for children and adolescents. Eating together with siblings is still…
Secondment at Santé publique France – Sofia de Rosso (ESR6)
It has been just over a year now that I started my PhD within the Edulia project and…
New paper: The ability of 10–11-year-old children to identify basic tastes and their liking towards unfamiliar foods
Ervina (ESR2) recently published her first paper in “Food quality and preference” (open access). A summary of the…
Experiences ESR7 Kaat Philippe – Secondment Institut Paul Bocuse, Ecully, France
First of September, back to school! Well, this year I could share children’s excitement to go back to…
Paper on why children accept or reject foods
ESR3, Julia Sick at the University of Florence (Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry) recently published her…
Did you know that Norwegian children eat ramen after school?
In my co-creation experiment where we wanted to develop a healthy snack idea with 10-12-year-old children I asked…
Children preferred to be product developers instead of helping an alien
My first experiment had the aim to develop healthy snack ideas with 10-12-year-old children in a co-creation approach.…
Cross-cultural data collection on new parents’ eating behaviors
In August 2019, ESR8 Andreia had the opportunity to visit UdelaR (Universidad de la República) in Uruguay, aiming…
School-based interventions to promote water consumption
Did you know that drinking water can improve children’s attention and memory? In this way, drinking water may…
Sweets as comfort: facing the post-partum period
Several factors related to the period following childbirth (post-partum) may increase the consumption of sweets by new parents.…
A Fear of Food? Breaking barriers in children’s mistrust for food
The relationship young children have with food appears to be as turbulent as a Boeing 737 flight; with…
The Role of Emotions in Children’s Food Preferences
How are emotions and food related? On the one hand, emotions and moods can influence what food we…
On the Creation of Conscious Eaters
I chose the pathway of a researcher because of my passion about food behavior and sensory science. We,…
Your Diet Means More Than You Think.
Early morning as always. Some morning routine as always. Some morning exercise, but just on special occasions, a…
What do they see in You?
Significant adults in children environment can form children’s food choice and much more. It was a lazy Sunday…
Sweet Sweet Dairy!
I am an early state researcher at the Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay. I will investigate strategies…
Pre-adolescents don’t know what parsnip is
#ESR9: My Pilot Study in Lithuania and vegetable preferences I am just in love with the topic of…
Role models in children’s eating behavior
Most of us know that only eating chocolate is not healthy, but does your 3-years-old child know this…
Early stage researcher activities in Edulia
In this video Roselinde Van Nee (ESR4) tells about her planned research activities. https://vimeo.com/310501427
Why children like candies and tend to reject broccoli?
There is clear evidence that most children prefer chocolate bar and candies rather than a handful of grapes…
Children spent a huge amount of time with their friends and peers and the relationship with them have a significant influence on their development.
I am Tija Rageliene, an Early Stage Researcher, studying preadolescents, and the influence peers and siblings have on…
How can sweet taste preferences be changed?
There is a clear, evidence-based global public health mandate to limit the consumption of free sugars in the…
Guiding parents through the initiation of complementary feeding
Having a baby makes a big change in the life of new parents. After six months, another important step has to…
The earlier the better
Only by listening to parents, to their own needs, we will be able to create health environments for…
Children as co-creators of a healthy food product
Is it possible to generate a product idea for a healthy snack or drink option with children? Can…