Symposium "Improving Food Choices: Towards More Healthy Sustainable Diets"
You are warmly welcome to the symposium “Improving Food Choices: Towards More Healthy Sustainable Diets”
The symposiumis organised on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, in the University of Helsinki Main Building (Tekla Hultin Lecture Hall, Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki) and online.
Join us for an inspiring day of exploring sustainable diets, new innovations, and other interesting topics in two engaging sessions:
- Building Sustainable and Healthy Food Environments
- The impact of the Sus-health Index on improving food choices: a “living lab” experiment in Finland
Registration
The last day to register is in on Monday, 12 May 2025 via this link.
Programme
9.30 Registration and morning coffee
10.00 Opening of the Symposium
10.05 TITAN: Transforming the food system for a sustainable future by implementing smart technologies Edward Sliwinski, EFFoST
Session 1 “Building Sustainable and Healthy Food Environments”, chair: Maijaliisa Erkkola, University of Helsinki
10.15 The Connection between Parental and Child Food Neophobia – Cross Cultural study among European Families Kamila Matusiewicz, University of Warsaw
10.35 The impact of a healthy and climate-friendly dietary intervention in early education and care on children’s food acceptance and consumption, Henna Vepsäläinen, University of Helsinki
10.55 Use of tools to improve understanding of healthy sustainable diets, Elena Santa Cruz, AZTI
11.15 Break
11.30 Improving the food environment and overall food system in UK schools, Jayne Woodside, Queen’s University Belfast
11.50 Impact of digitally provided science-based nutritional information on food purchases, Elviira Lehto, University of Helsinki
12.10 Consumer preferences for combined health and sustainability labelling of foods, Lynn Frewer, Newcastle University
12.30 Lunch and networking
Session 2 “The impact of the Sus-health Index on improving food choices: a “living lab” experiment in Finland”, chair: Paul Brereton, Queen’s University Belfast
14.00 Online experiment, Charles Gillan, Queen’s University Belfast
14.15 Short introduction to the Sus-Health concept, Paul Brereton, Queen’s University Belfast
14.25 Sus-Health Index Joe Livingstone, Queen’s University Belfast
14.45 Coffee break
15.15 Living Lab design and results, Joe Livingstone, Queen’s University Belfast, George Hutchinson, Queen’s University Belfast, Satu Kinnunen, University of Helsinki
15.45 Living Lab experiences, Ruslan Kuskov, Emilia Mastokangas, Pekko Nordström, Suvi Huttunen, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences
16.05 Q & A
16.15 Closing of the Symposium
16.30 Advancing healthy and sustainable nutrition within the Horizon Europe Framework, Andrea Colafranceschi, ILSI Europe
Please note, that the symposium is free of charge and coffee and lunch is included!
If you have any questions about the symposium or registration, please do not hesitate to contact satu.kinnunen@helsinki.fi.
The symposium is organised in collaboration with University of Helsinki, Queen’s University Belfast, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, and the TITAN consortium.