The final conference was planned and rescheduled several times. The original plan was to organise a conference together with the last consortium meeting. However, because of the risk that ESRs could not participate due to new obligations, it was decided to organise an Edulia conference spring/winter 2021. Due to the pandemic this was postponed multiple…
The final Edulia consortium meeting, was held in beautiful Florence, Italy, June 20th. It was a pleasure to finally meet physically again after a long period with only digital meetings. Presentations The consortium meetings have been an arena for ESRs to present their plans and results. This time, we got status updates from only three…
When I got offered the junior researcher position in Wageningen I got extremely excited. Just after completing my Masters, I was planning on moving to the Netherlands as I am originally from Germany. Besides new opportunities a new environment and exciting job tasks, I imagined myself getting to know my new colleagues, participating in interesting…
The Edulia consortium is happy to present a new ESR in the network. Carina Mueller has recently started as a junior researcher in Wageningen, below you can read about her. What is your background? My name is Carina, I am 26 years old and from Cologne, Germany. I studied Sports Science in my undergraduate studies…
All Early Sage Researchers (ESRs) must conduct secondments, both academic and industrial, as a part of their training in Edulia. Below you can read about the experiences from those who have completed their first secondment. ESR 6 – Sofia De Rosso For my first secondment I had the possibility to go back to the Netherlands,…
There is a clear, evidence-based global public health mandate to limit the consumption of free sugars in the diet (1). Nevertheless, it is unknown how to achieve it and what are the effects on the subsequent eating behaviours. I am Maria Dueñas, an early stage researcher and I want to investigate the relationship between sugar…
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…
Project description ESR5 – Carina Mueller Objectives: To review strategies to modify sweet taste perception and hedonic evaluation (and intake) in young children To assess the role of parental restriction rules on liking, preferences and intake of sugary foods and beverages in children To assess the role of sweet taste exposure on food acceptance…