Can you help us understand how parents/caregivers make sense of family risk information about obesity for their children? We’re looking for parents/caregivers that have/would use the Child Feeding Guide to share their insights! Fill in the survey here: qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_el…

Data collection complete for the APPETItE lab study ✅ Abigail Pickard

A huge thank you to all of the team! We couldn’t have done it without you lukepullar, Hann Povall, Sakina & Yana ☺️

🥳 new paper led by the awesome Dr Katie Edwards where we learned about the strategic & creative feeding behaviours parents use in response to children's avid eating behaviour. Findings will inform tailored ways to support children’s healthy development.
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

LboroSSEHS

📱| What do you follow on social media?

🍅Aston University found that people who started to follow more healthy eating accounts ate more fruit and veg after just 2⃣ weeks

🍉Even minor tweaks to social media accounts could improve young adults' diets

👉tinyurl.com/26cw5y35

📢NEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED!
We found that in 2 weeks following additional 'healthy eating' social media accounts increased reported fruit and vegetable consumption, by over 1 portion a day!
doi.org/10.1177/205520…

Jason Michael Thomas Claire Farrow Exeter Med School PEACh Research Aston

📖🎉BOOK CHAPTER OUT NOW!

Myself, Claire Farrow, Prof. Jackie Blissett, and Emma Haycraft have written a book chapter together all about emotional eating in children! 👶🏼🍫🍪🍇🧁

You can find it in the Handbook of Eating and Drinking: dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-…… A real ‘pinch me’ moment!

🚨PhD funding🚨

Just had the news we’ve been awarded funding to recruit my first ever PhD student 😱

We’ll look at how cognitive changes following menopause can be ameliorated via physical exercise. Sep ‘24 start

Details: tinyurl.com/y4nb47w5

Prof. Eirini Mavritsaki
BCU Psychology

We had a great time at #BFDG2024 ! Thank you to the organisers for a fab conference BFDG 🍑

A fantastic last session of day 2 of #BFDG2024 . Thank you James Reynolds (@j-p-reynolds on bsky) Dr Katie Edwards Prof Charlotte Hardman, Basile Verdeau and Tennessee Randall for the interesting talks on Food Policy and Nudges. 👏🏻

Dr Katie Edwards great presentation- ordering menu options from low to high calorie options can support healthier choices in adolescence Prof. Jackie Blissett James Reynolds (@j-p-reynolds on bsky) PEACh Research Aston #BFDG2024

Come and chat to lukepullar about his PhD findings at today’s poster session.

James Reynolds (@j-p-reynolds on bsky) and Dr Katie Edwards are also presenting in the Food Policy and Nudges session 🍑

#BFDG2024

Amazing work Abigail Pickard lovely presentation about APPETItE project about the relationships between avid eating in parents and children #BFDG2024 . Prof. Jackie Blissett

Lovely poster Dr Katie Edwards for #BFDG2024 about APPETItE project - characteristics associated with child eating behaviour profiles Prof. Jackie Blissett

Hannah Povall sharing her PhD findings from the APPETItE project about social and contextual variables related to parental feeding behaviour profiles #BFDG2024

We’re excited to be in Cambridge this week for #BFDG2024

Abigail Pickard, Dr Katie Edwards and Hannah Povall will be presenting findings from the APPETItE project today 🍑

Are you an #ECR ?
Do you want to learn more about fellowship applications?
This group is for you! ⬇️

The third paper from my PhD is now available online!

“The Wells-Riley model revisited: Randomness, heterogeneity, and transient behaviours”

You can read it here: doi.org/10.1111/risa.1…

Some highlights of the article are below: