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Welcome to a seminar organized in collaboration with the 91���� and University of Turku. 

Please register by 26 May. A link to online participation via Teams will be sent to all registered. The seminar is free of charge. 

Programme 

12.00  Welcome. Associate Professor Leila Karhunen, 91����

12.10–13.30 Keynote lecture and discussion: Eating Competence is a Reasonable Adventure,
Professor Barbara Lohse, Rochester Institute of Technology, US.

, PhD, RD, CDN, LDN, is a nutrition education expert and professor of Health Sciences and formerly inaugural Head of the Wegmans School of Health and Nutrition at Rochester Institute of Technology. In her lecture, Barbara will discuss what eating competence is - and what it is not. She will explain why it is important to study eating competence, how it can change over time, how it is traditionally measured. She will also introduce some new ideas for assessing eating competence.

13.30–14.00 Coffee break

14.00–15.30 Eating competence research in Finland – short presentations. 
Chair: Associate Professor Hanna Lagström, University of Turku.

Eating competence and division of responsibility in feeding in families with small children,
BSc Seela Luhtaniemi Ikonen, 91����

Adolescent eating competence - links with parental feeding practices and adolescent life satisfaction, 
PhD Saija Tarro, University of Turku

Research plans on eating competence in preadolescents: Early life and health behaviour links,
PhD Reetta Lehto, Folkhälsan research center

Eating competence in school age children and young adults, 
PhD, University lecturer Sanna Talvia, University of Helsinki

Eating competence, diet quality and risk of type 2 diabetes in adults,
PhD Kirsikka Aittola, 91����

Eating competence and psychosocial wellbeing,
Associate Professor Leila Karhunen, 91����

15.30–16.00 General discussion and plans for future research. 

For further information, please contact Leila Karhunen, email leila.karhunen@uef.fi.