This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 612326
Join us to find out how two BU research projects are creating innovation in the food and hospitality industry. You will have the chance to test out a vegetarian recipe and give the team your feedback, as well as evaluating a prototype app which provides nutritional information about the food you are eating. Book now… Read more »
MOre VEggies than sweets ‐ MOVE Tuesday July 4th 2017. 14:00‐16:00 AAU Copenhagen, Campus Sydhavn The main goal of VeggiEAT (www.veggieat.eu) is to increase knowledge and understanding of the determinants of vegetable acceptability (liking), consumption/intake, through sensory characteristics and aspects of the eating environment across all age groups and institutional settings. For the first time… Read more »
The project team is delighted to share that the VeggiEAT project was featured on The Conversation . Pea tart might be the key to winning hearts and minds in the war against poor nutrition. We are deluged with advice and guidance about what we should eat and in what volumes, but still adults and children alike struggle… Read more »
Professor Katherine Appleton attended the 2016, Nutrition Society Summer Conference presenting a poster on VeggiEAT research: Systematic review of published interventions aiming to increase vegetable intakes.
On January 24th, 2017, M. Esben Lunde LARSEN, Danish Minister for environment and food visited the Institut Paul Bocuse in Ecully. Laure Saulais presented the EU research projects that are currently ongoing in partnership with Copenhaguen University. VeggiEAT was highlighted as example of successful collaborative research project that link together researchers and professionals to foster… Read more »
Prof Armando Perez-Cueto from Copenhagen University, talked about Nudging healthier food choices: what works in labs and what is promising in real settings at the Alpro Foundation 20 years celebration – The moment for plant-based eating is Now. On his presentation Professor Perez-Cueto discussed the Choice architecture & nudging and provided evidence related to the VeggiEAT project. Read more here… Read more »
Congratulations to VeggiEAT researchers on achieving a new publication: “Exploring salient dimensions in a free sorting task: A cross-country study within the elderly population” Abstract Free sorting tasks have been widely applied on different age segments to study the categorization of foods. However the method has received little attention in the investigation of older adults’… Read more »
VeggiEat is a 4 year EU funded project among four countries (Denmark, France, Italy and United Kingdom) encouraging a more sustainable diet based on vegetables. The study addresses the main question of what are the determinants of vegetable acceptability and intake particularly within a public sector foodservice setting, such as school and elder care homes…. Read more »
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For an EU funded project around healthy eating, we are seeking to recruit people aged 65+who would like to come to the University and join members of the research team for a free lunch on Wednesday 21st December 2016. To participate is very easy: * Book a place by sending an email at vmellorodrigues@bournemouth.ac.uk or calling… Read more »
