Supporting children to eat healthily can be a challenge. We're psychologists at Loughborough University and we’re here to help! #parenting #fussyeaters

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✅ If you’ve ever used our Child Feeding Guide, you might be interested in our new paper which shows that parents who used it over 4 weeks reported positive changes in their child feeding behaviours & reductions in their levels of general anxiety 👍🏼🙌🏼👇🏼 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

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If any parents/caregivers with a 2-7-year-old are happy to help Louise by completing a short survey as part of her research aiming to understand more about mealtimes in your family, that'd be ace. Link below - big thanks in advance 😀 lboro.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/ex…
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Can any parents/caregivers with a 2-7-year-old help Louise with with a short survey as part of her research aiming to understand more about mealtimes in your family? The link is below - thanks in advance 😀 lboro.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/ex…
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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…
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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…
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🥳 new paper led by the brilliant @DrRAStone which used novel, online methods to understand more about children’s food choices when they experience different emotions. Non-responsive caregiver feeding practices and child temperament were both related to the food choices made ⬇️
👀👋🏼 NEW PAPER! Using a novel online experimental paradigm with children, we induced feelings of boredom and sadness to assess subsequent kilocalorie selection, and the role temperament and feeding practices have on selection🚰🦁🧜‍♀️. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024…
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🥳 new paper led by the awesome @katieedders 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
I’m excited to share our latest paper from the @ESRC_appetite project! “Examining parents’ experiences and challenges of feeding preschool children with avid eating behaviour” You can read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024… @AstonPeach @Aston_IHN
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📢Join our webinar to hear findings from research with over 2000 parents👩‍👧‍👧from across the UK and engage in an interactive discussion on parents’ top priorities for the future government. Register now👇🏽 sustainweb.org/events/mar24-…
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🥕The Easter holidays are coming and we all need inspiration for SNACKS to keep the kids fed 🤩This blog has PLENTY of easy. nutritious and quick snacks to prep for your family: srnutrition.co.uk/2021/08/7-…
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Lots of great ideas here for various pancake toppings if you'll be making pancakes with children tomorrow 🥞
Are you making pancakes with the children on 13th Feb? Toppings such as lemon & sugar, chocolate spread, jam, ice cream, honey, golden syrup & squirty cream can be high in added sugar and/or fat. Check out our healthier sweet & savoury ideas to try out! startwellbirmingham.co.uk/pa…
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❓What should my baby's first food be? 🥦I'm a big fan of "veg-led" weaning - introducing lots of NEW flavours for baby to try right from the beginning ⬇️Read more here: srnutrition.co.uk/2023/10/ve…
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Exciting ESRC PhD on offer exploring children’s eating behaviour, working with public health experts to co-design resources for families. Please retweet ⁦⁦@profblissett⁩ ⁦@EmmaHaycraft⁩ ⁦@Sarah_Pullen_⁩ ⁦@mgsesrcdtpwarwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…

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Nursery/preschool staff! Can you help Seyma with her research study which is looking to understand more about food waste and mealtime practices in nurseries/preschools? Thanks in advance! More information here: bit.ly/46xIAAM
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If you work in a nursery/preschool, it would be amazing if you could take part in Seyma's research study which aims to understand more about food waste and mealtime practices in nurseries/preschools. More information here: bit.ly/46xIAAM
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Struggle to tackle fussy eating in your children? Prof Claire Farrow and colleagues from @lborouniversity created the Child Feeding Guide with tools to help establish healthy eating. Read more about their research and resource here: bit.ly/3RDs8dR #WorldFoodDay
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Here are 10 foods and drinks to help stay hydrated in the heat ☀️ Thanks to our fab colleague Dr Lewis James for helping with this. He knows a thing or two about hydration, and taught us that milk is more hydrating than water and sports drinks – who knew? We certainly didn’t! 😅
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Excellent ideas for nutritious snacks for young children here from @1stepsnutrition 👇🏼
🧀🍏🥑🍅🍌🥕 In the UK food environment, snacks are often perceived to be #UPF, #HFSS foods such as 🍪🍰🍦🍫🍿, but for young 👦👧a snack is an opportunity to provide extra energy and nutrients between meals. Our full PDF snack guide: ow.ly/40PN50P0b6A
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New information and further support coming to our Child Feeding Guide very soon! Watch this space for further details 🤩 childfeedingguide.co.uk

Dr @mrtzhrl's research showed that interventions to improve the way parents feed their children can reduce the risk of obesity in children. With our #ChangingPolicyandPractice funding, the team will update the @ChildFeedGuide to help inform parents: bit.ly/3oiGLHn
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Still time to apply for this research assistant post working on adding more useful content to the Child Feeding Guide. Details below. Deadline 26 June! 👇
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