There have been different studies established in the field of taste sensitivity and food liking. However, it is still uncertain how different taste sensitivity measures relate to each other and to food liking, especially in preadolescent subjects. Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between basic tastes sensitivity, fattiness sensitivity, and food liking in preadolescents.…
In our tips to keep up healthy eating during quarantine, number 4 is “Play with your food, for young and old”, below we share some tips on how to sense your food! The “Smell Detection Game” and the “Flavor vs Taste Experiment” are novel methods for sensory play. Below you find links to the games…
In this post, Edulias early stage researchers present 5 tips to make quality food time whilst in quarantine. Here you can find the infographics summarising (pdf) the tips in 8 different languages English Spanish Italian Norwegian [caption id=”attachment_1396″…
Ervina (ESR2) recently published her first paper in “Food quality and preference” (open access). A summary of the paper is given below Do not underestimate children’s ability in identifying taste! 10 and 11-year-old children are able to identify basic taste even in unfamiliar foods! The involvement of children in sensory and consumer research has been…
Staying at home for an extended period of time can be difficult, and healthy eating can be extra challenging due to the more relaxed “weekend atmosphere”. But worry not, because the Edulia team are here to share TIPS on how to make quality food time whilst in quarantine. The tips are presented in the infographics…
Poster prize to Kaat Philippe (ESR7) Kaat won the poster prize for her presentation at the ‘Forum des Jeunes Chercheurs’ of the Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté. Her study aims to evaluate the impact of parental feeding practices on both qualitative and quantitative dimensions of young children’s eating behavior, and their BMI. Kaat and her team…
There is clear evidence that most children prefer chocolate bar and candies rather than a handful of grapes or an apple for their mealtime snacks. In addition, they also strongly reject the bitter taste from vegetables. This attitude towards food preference creates a huge challenge for parents and caregivers to provide healthy foods for their…
The two early stage researchers Ervina and Martina Galler have been piloting Edulia research protocols at a Norwegian primary school. Last month members of the Edulia team visited 43 children from the 6th grade (children aged 11 to 12 y.o.) in a primary school in Ås, Norway. This day the ordinary teaching was replaced by…
Ervina will soon move from the million city of Jakarta in Indonesia to the small village Ås in Norway for the ESR2 position in Edulia. Her research will be tightly linked to WP2, she will focus on the importance of sensory sensitivity for food perception among pre-adolescent children and we expect a close collaboration with Julia (ESR3) who…
Objectives: (1) To map sensory sensitivity levels for the five basic tastes and fattiness in preadolescent children and study relationships between these; (2) To uncover relationships between sensory sensitivity, hedonic preferences, food neophobia/pickiness and body weight status in preadolescent children; (3) To investigate children’s sensitivity to sugar reduction thresholds and acceptance of sugar-reduced products; (4)…