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

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

The project is progressing as planned, and updates have been presented at the Consumer Lab Showcase in 2024 and 2025. The project website can be seen here. https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/food-nutrition-research-innovation/dir-record/research-projects/1984/food-in-primary-schools-studying-children-s-real-world-food-choice-and-dietary-behaviour-fips-study

Email contact

H.ensaff@leeds.ac.uk