Edulia’s main objective has been “bringing down barriers to healthy eating”. The idea is that we want children (and then later as adolscents and adults) to eat healthy by choice, not because they are told to. Research by our ESRs show that Food familiarity is important to decrease food neophopia and food fuzziness Pickard, A.,…
We have decided to extend the deadline for abstracts to the 31st of May, please register your abstract here To register for the conference, please go to this link The preliminary programme you will find here
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
Draw me your dream meal. Healthy and sustainable, please! by Tija Ragelienė “If they could they would eat candies and snacks for breakfast, lunch and dinner.” This is a thought that many parents and educators might say sometimes about children’s food preferences. But is it really true? Do children truly prefer sweets and candies for…
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…
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″…
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…
I am Tija Rageliene, an Early Stage Researcher, studying preadolescents, and the influence peers and siblings have on children’s eating behavior. One of the things I want to analyze in my study is if friendship with peers is good for a child’s health. As a trained psychologist, I know well that health is a state…
Here we introduce you to ESR8 Andreia Ferreira de Moura from Brazil, who will do her PhD in Aarhus, Denmark, on factors influencing new and becoming parent’s healthy eating behaviour. Below you can read about her expectations for the life in Denmark and her thoughts on challenges related to her project. Please, tell us about…