Is it possible to generate a product idea for a healthy snack or drink option with children? Can they describe how their optimal food product would look, smell and taste like? And what their needs are when it comes to maintaining a healthy diet? I am Martina Galler, an early stage researcher. I will be…
In this video you will meet Abigail Pickard whi comes from the North of England, but is now on her way to a PhD through her ESR position at Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France. In her project she will work on food rejection in preschoolers : where they come from and how they can be mitigated.…
The last early stage researcher to join the Edulia team is María Dueñas from Madrid, Spain who soon will move to Wageningen to work on her PhD. The key objective of her research will be to study the role of taste and texture in food intake in babies and toddlers. Food intake in toddlers and babies…
In this interview we present ESR6, Sofia De Rosso from Italy who will work in INRA in Dijon, France. Here PhD will focus on how healthy eating habits can be developed for infant and toddlers, and to develop public healthy dissemination material for parents Please, tell us about your background My name is Sofia, I…
Below you can read about Kaat Philippe who will work at INRA, Dijon in France. Her research will investigate the impact of caregivers’ feeding practices on children’s eating behaviour Please, tell us about your background (subject of master thesis, where from, age) My name is Kaat and I am 25 years old. I am born and…
Here we introduce you to ESR8 Andreia Ferreira de Moura from Brazil, who will do her PhD in Aarhus, Denmark, on factors influencing new and becoming parent’s healthy eating behaviour. Below you can read about her expectations for the life in Denmark and her thoughts on challenges related to her project. Please, tell us about…
In this video you will meet Marie-Curie PhD student Roselinde van Nee. Roselinde tells about her background, her motivation to be a part of Edulia, how she would like to make a difference, doing research with pre-adolescents and her expectations of living in the Netherlands. Her PhD will be on nudging preadolescent children towards healthier…
Meet Martina Galler from Switzerland who soon will leave a fixed position in the food industry to do a PhD as a part of Edulia. Her project will focus on new methodologies for studying intrinsic and extrinsic parameters influencing children’s (preadolescents) food choice. Please, tell us about your background (subject of master thesis, where from, age)…
Ana has just started on her way to PhD at Universidad de la República in Uruguay, where she will take the ESR11 position in Edulia, working on development of sugar-reduced dairy products for pre-adolescents. Read about her expectations here. Please, tell us about your background Hello! I am Ana Velazquez (30) from Mexico. One of…
Julia is about to start as Edulia position ESR3 at the University of Florence in Italy. Her research will focus on The role of emotions, personality traits and sensory sensitivity in food preferences in pre-adolescent children, in WP2. She will work closely with Ervina (ESR2) Please, tell us about your background My name is Julia…