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Project title |
An appetite for life? Changing food habits and health from infancy
to childhood in the context of family life in Scotland
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| Funding details |
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| Research
team |
Valeria Skafida |
| Dates |
January 2012 - December 2014 |
| Type of project |
Research and dissemination |
| Keywords |
child and infant health, nutrition and eating habits, social determinants of health, health behaviours, nutrition related health outcomes |
| Project
description |
Previous research on child nutrition has focused primarily on school aged children, by which time many fundamental eating habits have been set. This project will build upon the investigator's doctoral work which looked at child nutrition from birth to age 2. It will use upcoming longitudinal data from the Growing Up in Scotland survey to explore how dietary habits continue to develop over time as children turn 5 years old.
The research will provide a unique understanding on how children's nutritional trajectories evolve from birth through the toddler years, within the context of family meal patterns and parental health behaviours. It will also explore how nutrition in infancy and early childhood relates to young children's weight, their dental health, and their participation in physical activity. The project is expected to provide a comprehensive, policy and theory embedded analysis of children's nutrition and health in the early years.
The findings will inform health policy which addresses the growing problems caused by sub-optimal nutrition in infancy and early childhood.
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Publications/
dissemination |
To follow.
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| Contact |
Valeria Skafida |
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