Edulia researchers at UdelaR and Aarhus University came together to investigate dietary changes in the transition to parenthood among Uruguayan parents. The research extends previous work with parents in Denmark and France: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104658 The idea of the paper was to expand the knowledge on barriers to healthy eating among families beyond Europe, and from diverse…
Here is the final program for the Edulia conference: Agenda Edulia Conference 2022 . A condensed version is shown below (for printing, click for the pdf with larger font). For more details, please consider the event page
As everything looked bright the previous fall, we were hopeful to organize a conference presenting results from Edulia in Florence March 2022. As the pandemic is still going on and leading to a lot of uncertainty related to travel and to gather a larger number of people, we have decided to (again) postponing the event.…
By: Ervina (#ESR2) “Are you ready to become a taste detective?” that was the first phrase presented to the children during the sensory testing of Ervina (ESR2). Undertaking a sensory test with children is not easy since they are not “mini-adults”. Therefore, a different approach should be used. Children have shorter attention spans than adults,…
In order to tackle childhood obesity, it is important to know what contributes to weight gain in children. An eating behaviour of interest in this context is “eating in the absence of hunger” (EAH) which has been associated with increased energy intake and weight status in children. To prevent overweight and obesity children, it is…
By: Ervina (#ESR2) Children have different perceptions on how they respond to taste. The same concentration of bitter and sour tastes contained in one glass of grapefruit juice could for example be perceived differently by different individuals. One child may perceive that bitterness is stronger than sourness while the other may perceive a stronger sour…
Another PhD defence among the ESRs! Andreia F. Moura, ESR8, successfully defended the thesis: “Transitioning to parenthood: Factors influencing new parents’ healthy eating behaviours and strategies for change” on November 26. The defence took place in her home institution, Aarhus University – Denmark, and was celebrated with colleagues, supervisors (Jessica Aschemann-Witzel and Alice Grønhøj) and…
In Autumn, 2020, Europe was hit by the second wave of Covid-19 with remarkable numbers of infected cases reported daily. As such, many social activities were again restricted and banned. This restriction significantly impacted Ervina (ESR2) who was planning to conduct her sensory study with preadolescent subjects. The study required her to physically meet children…
Children have different perceptions on how they respond to taste. For example, the same concentration of bitter and sour tastes contained in one glass of grapefruit juice could be perceived differently. One child may perceive that bitterness is stronger than sourness while the other may perceive a stronger sour than bitter taste. There are also…
Studies investigating the associations between taste sensitivity and eating behaviour in preadolescent children are still limited. Ervina, ESR2 has peeked into this association by involving 69 children-parents-dyad responses in her study. Her main objective was to explore the association between children’s basic taste sensitivity and their eating behaviour. Children’s taste sensitivity was measured using the…
