Food in primary schools – Studying children’s real-world food choice and dietary behaviour

Funding call

October 2023

Award type

Feasibility awards
Awardee
Academic Partners
Awardee
Non-University Partner
Hannah Ensaff
University of Leeds
Mike Travis
SchoolGrid
Matt Homer
University of Leeds
Other investigators
Holly Abbotts-Holmes
Description
Supporting better dietary intakes is foremost in addressing childhood obesity – and key to this endeavour is children’s food choice. Using a data-driven approach, combined with direct observation within schools, this project aims to understand the fundamental drivers of children’s food choice within the real-world setting of primary schools.
Project keywords
(1) Food choice (2) Schools (3) Children (4) Mixed methods
Outputs
Research Officer Holly Abbotts-Holmes has been appointed
Email contact
H.ensaff@leeds.ac.uk