Annual Wageningen Child eating behaviour symposium
In short
Summary- December 11
- 9:30 - 17:00
- Wageningen University & Research, Aurora, Room C9119
On December 11, 2025, the Sensory Science and Eating Behaviour group will proudly host the 4th Annual Wageningen Child Eating Behaviour Symposium.
We are pleased to invite you the 4th Annual Children’s Eating Behaviour Symposium, organized by the Sensory Science and Eating Behaviour Chair group at the Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University.
Please find the programme here and register for free to attend online or join us in person at the Wageningen Campus on the 11th of December 2025 for a day of new research on topics relevant to those interested in children eating behaviour, students, and health care professionals.
Read the programme booklet and register for free:
Programme
Welcome - Prof. Ciaran Forde, Sensory Science and Eating Behaviour group, Wageningen
University (NL)
10:00 - When everything tastes good - AVID eating
Prof. Jackie Blissett
10:25 - When eating is a fight – ARFID
Speaker to be announced
10:45 - Picky eating and sensory perception
Prof. Sjaan Nederkoorn
11:05 - Appetite cues and childhood malnutrition
Dr. Ale Teklu Toni
Provided for those on-site
12:30 - Feeding critically ill children
Prof. Koen Joosten
12:55 - Tube feeding and overcoming eating behaviour problems using the hunger
provocation method
Dr. Angelika Kindermann
13:20 - Smell and taste changes in pediatric oncology patients
Dr. Mirjam van den Brink
Twenty-minute break
14:00 - Impact of a Food texture Intervention on child eating rate and intake among
school age children in the Netherlands
Dr. Gerry Jager
14:20 - Oral processing behaviour and chewing efficiency among children with mixed
dentition
Lena Nicolle
14:35 - Overcoming Barriers to Child vegetable consumption
Dr. Gertrude Zeinstra
15:00 - Child eating behaviour and parental feeding practices; insights from the
Generation R cohort
Prof. Pauline Jansen
Twenty-minute break
15:45 - Healthy Habits Start Here: Evaluating the ‘Healthy Child Day Care’ Program in the
Netherlands
Dr. Martinette Streppel
16:05 - Healthy nutrition for children in Elementary schools in the Netherlands
Dr. Vera van Stokkom
16:25 - Advancing Child-Centred Approaches in Dietary Assessment
Zoë van der Heijden
16:40 - Unboxing sustainable foods
Lotte Pater
Dr. Marlou Lasschuijt, Assistant Professor Sensory Science and
Eating Behaviour group, Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Drinks (till 18:00)
Date
09:30 - 17:00