Archive for "new parents"

DO WE EAT HEALTHIER AFTER BECOMING PARENTS?

ESR8, Andreia F. Moura has conducted a literature review on barriers for healthy eating along the transition to parenthood. The main message is that early parenthood brings both challenges and opportunities for new families’ healthy eating behaviours.   Health professionals and public authorities should focus on helping to overcome the challenges in 3 levels (environmental, socio-economic…


Cross-cultural data collection on new parents’ eating behaviors

In August 2019, ESR8 Andreia had the opportunity to visit UdelaR (Universidad de la República) in Uruguay, aiming to collect data for the research project: “Factors influencing new parent’s healthy eating behaviours”. Now she is back to Aarhus University – Denmark to analyze the data obtained from 3 countries: Denmark, France and Uruguay. The data…