One of the early stage researchers (ESRs) in Edulia, Abigail Pickard in the cognitive science research team at Institut Paul Bocuse Research Center, received a Policy Research award from the Society for Research in Child Development committee during the 2021 biennial meeting. The subject of her poster presentation was: “Strawberries and cream: The relationship between young…
Edulia partner Institut Paul Bocuse Research Center will organises a webinar the 29th of April on cognitive and social variables modulating food rejection (or acceptance) in children. Food acceptance and rejection depend on multiple factors. In this webinar, researchers will present their ongoing projects on the influence of food processing and transformation (D. Foinant,…
From March until May 2020, a first strict lockdown took place in France to limit the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Schools were closed and working from home was enforced, which had a profound impact on families’ habits. ESR7, Kaat Philippe, and her colleagues conducted a study with 498 French families to investigate…
ESR8 Andreia and her supervisor, Jessica Aschemann-Witzel developed a storybook to increase children and fathers’ willingness to try new vegetables and spices. The book is a strategy to address barriers for healthy eating among Danish families. In previous investigation Danish mothers indicated child’s and partner’s resistance to try new vegetables as a constraint for a more varied diet…
On February the 4th, Edulia organised a webinar on children and healthy eating in with invited speakers from the CO-Create project run by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), the University of Oslo and the University of Copenhagen. In addition four of the EARLY STAGE RESEARCHERs presented their research. The webinar was divided into…
Fifteen Danish families are taking part in “My daddy is a food explorer” – a food intervention for fathers&kids. In previous investigation Danish mothers indicated child’s and partner’s resistance to try new vegetables as a constraint to a more varied diet in the household (Moura & Aschemann-Witzel, 2020). “My daddy is a food explorer” is an attempt to make healthy eating easier and more…
Martina Galler (ESR1) recently published an opinion paper in collaboration with her supervisor, Paula Varela and a college from the innovation team, Antje Gonera at Nofima in Norway. The abstract was written for the Creative Tastebuds symposium with the question: “How can our sense of taste save the planet?” and then extended to an article…
The year 2020 was a special year, and that’s even an understatement. The highly contagious coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 sparked a worldwide pandemic and the year turned out differently than expected. This year, working from home was enforced or privileged and we were confronted with many uncertainties. Studies had to be reorganized, and several conferences I was…
The results suggest that online nutrition content about sugar causes negative feelings and distress among parents The research was conducted by #ESR8 Andreia and Jessica Aschemann-Witzel in Aarhus University – Denmark. The researchers analyzed content posted by parents about sugar on Facebook and blogs. In the online discussions, sugar consumption appeared as a two-sided experience,…
A recent study suggest that parents feel overwhelmed wit online nutrition content about sugar and other dietary issues. In this Infographics, recommendations for communication with parents based on their interest are presented. The recommendations are based on this study by Andreia Ferreia de Moura (ESR8).