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…
A big congratulation to Kaat Philippe who Friday 22.10.2021 defended her thesis in psychology. The thesis was entitled “Maternal and paternal feeding practices: links with young children’s eating behaviours and influencing factors. a systemic approach” A summary of her thesis, can be found here (both in English and French). Supervisors: Dr. Sandrine Monnery-Patris and Dr.…
Eating is More Than Food Only or why Social Context Matters for Your Child’s Healthy Development by Tija Ragelienė Food and eating is an inseparable part of our everyday lives. We need food simply to survive and have energy for our daily activities. However, eating is not just a simple physiological action, but also a…
Project within WP6 (to a lesser extent WP7) Objectives: (1) to investigate the influence of secondary socialisation agents (peers and siblings) and social media marketing on children’s healthy eating behaviour in preadolescents of different family compositions (2) to study when and whether peer and sibling influence is ‘positive’ or ‘negative’ with respect to eating healthily…
Tija Rageliene (ESR9) recently published a paper one how social norms influence preadolescents eating behaviour in BMC public health, below you can read a summary of the paper, for the full paper, please see here Preadolescents’ friendships are more than a social matter for your children’s health When children develop, and approach adolescence age the…
Eating together with friends is not always good for children and adolescents. Eating together with siblings is still an obscure field. Tija Rageliene (ESR9) recently published her first paper in “Appetite” (open access). A summary of the paper is given below Childhood obesity and overweight are rapidly increasing worldwide becoming one of the major public…
Did you know that drinking water can improve children’s attention and memory? In this way, drinking water may help children to perform better at school. Schools are a good setting to develop and promote healthy habits, including drinking water. What are effective ways for schools to encourage youth to drink more water? Beverage consumption among…
Only by listening to parents, to their own needs, we will be able to create health environments for children. I am Andreia Ferreira de Moura, an Early Stage Researcher, and I will be investigating healthy eating in the very beginning of life. I will explore the establishment of the family food environment. Because; how parents…
Project within WP6 General objectives: To assess the impact of parental feeding practices on children’s eating behaviour in terms of food repertoire (qualitative dimension; e.g., food rejection) and intake regulation (quantitative dimension; e.g., eating in the absence of hunger) To better understand parental feeding practices, their effects and drivers, and to identify promising feeding strategies to…
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…